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Oxoplecia costellata

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae

Taxonomy
Oxoplecia costellata was named by Cooper (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is U. S. Highway 60, 100 yards southeast of Whistle Creek, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone/shale in the Whistle Creek Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. nantensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Oxoplecia costellata Cooper p. 540 figs. Plate 138, B, figures 8, 9

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderTriplesiidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyTriplesioideaSchuchert 1913
familyTriplesiidaeSchuchert 1913
genusOxopleciaWilson 1913
speciescostellata

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.

†Oxoplecia costellata Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available