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Goniotrema perplexum

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae

Taxonomy
Goniotrema perplexum was named by Ulrich and Cooper (1936). Its type specimen is USNM 92872, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Goniotrema.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Goniotrema perplexum Ulrich and Cooper p. 626
1938Goniotrema perplexum Ulrich and Cooper p. 193 figs. Plate 40 C, figures 23-28

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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
familyLeptellinidaeUlrich and Cooper 1936
subfamilyPalaeostrophomeninaeCocks and Rong 1989
genusGoniotrema
speciesperplexum

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.

Goniotrema perplexum Ulrich and Cooper 1936
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