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Palaeostrophomena superba

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeostrophomena superba was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 111070m, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Both sides of the old road in the cedar glade ΒΌ mile southeast of Friendsville, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Arline Formation of Tennessee.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Palaeostrophomena superba Cooper pp. 706-707 figs. Plate 169, C, figures 13-29; plate 184, E, figures 13-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyLeptellinidaeUlrich and Cooper 1936
subfamilyPalaeostrophomeninaeCocks and Rong 1989
genusPalaeostrophomenaHoltedahl 1916
speciessuperba

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.

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Diagnosis
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