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Tritoechia alta

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

Taxonomy
Tritoechia alta was named by Ulrich and Cooper (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 91711a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is northeast shoulder of Fossil Mountain, 8.7 miles northeast of Lake Louise, which is in a Stairsian/Blackhillsian marine shale in the Outram Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. mina, T. planulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Tritoechia alta Ulrich and Cooper p. 162 figs. (Plate 32 C, figures 9-16

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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
superfamilyPolytoechioideaOpik 1934
familyPolytoechiidaeOpik 1934
genusTritoechia
speciesalta

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.

†Tritoechia alta Ulrich and Cooper 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available