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Isophragma ponderosum

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae

Taxonomy
Isophragma ponderosum was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 123259a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 miles north of Martin's Ridge, which is in a Mohawkian carbonate limestone in the Copenhagen Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Isophragma ponderosum Cooper p. 737 figs. Plate 210, H, figures 25-32

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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
familyPlectambonitidaeKozlowski 1929
subfamilyTaphrodontinaeCooper 1956
genusIsophragmaCooper 1956
speciesponderosum

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.

†Isophragma ponderosum Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
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