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Arctohedra alata

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Arctohedridae

Taxonomy
Arctohedra alata was named by Roberts and Jell (1990). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coonigan Fm., First Discovery Limestone, New South Wales, which is in a Solvan shallow subtidal limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. minima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Arctohedra alata Roberts and Jell

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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
orderBillingsellida
suborderClitambonitidinaOpik 1934
superfamilyClitambonitoideaWinchell and Schuchert 1893
familyArctohedridae
genusArctohedra
speciesalata

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.

†Arctohedra alata Roberts and Jell 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available