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Evargyrotheca alta

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Praeargyrothecidae

Taxonomy
Argyrotheca alta was named by Smirnova (1972). Its type specimen is VSEGEI 12844.20, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balki, Sarysu River, which is in a Berriasian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Ukraine. It is the type species of Evargyrotheca.

It was recombined as Evargyrotheca alta by MacKinnon and Smirnova (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Argyrotheca alta Smirnova p. 110 figs. Pl 10, fig 6; text-fig 50
1995Evargyrotheca alta MacKinnon and Smirnova p. 676 figs. 4.1-4.6

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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
familyPraeargyrothecidae
genusEvargyrotheca
speciesalta(Smirnova 1972)

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.

†Evargyrotheca alta Smirnova 1972
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Diagnosis
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