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Pliothyrina orfordi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula orfordensis was named by Muir-Wood (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Park Pit, Sudbourne (Walker collection), which is in a Zanclean coastal siliciclastic in the Coralline Crag Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Pliothyrina orfordi by Cooper (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Terebratula orfordensis Muir-Wood p. 165 figs. 2, 3A-C
1983Pliothyrina orfordi Cooper p. 300 figs. Pl 5, fig 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
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyTerebratulinaeGray 1840
genusPliothyrina
speciesorfordi()

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.

†Pliothyrina orfordi Muir-Wood 1938
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Diagnosis
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