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Argyrotheca popielae

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Argyrotheca popielae was named by Simon (1992). Its type specimen is IRScNB-IST 10512, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 4, Van Damme quarry, Ciply, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Ciply-Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation of Belgium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. neapolitana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Argyrotheca popielae Simon p. 126 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-13; pl 3, figs 5-8
1998Argyrotheca popielae Simon p. 206 figs. 5, 6, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870
familyMegathyrididaeDall 1870
genusArgyrothecaDall 1900
speciespopielae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Argyrotheca popielae Simon 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available