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Pomatotrema transversum

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Tritoechiidae

Taxonomy
Pomatotrema transversum was named by Ulrich and Cooper (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 91710a, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is about 4 miles east of Hennepin, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the West Spring Creek Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pomatotrema transversum Ulrich and Cooper pp. 174 - 175 figs. Plate 34 B, figures 4, 9,10

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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
familyTritoechiidaeUlrich and Cooper 1936
subfamilyTritoechiinaeUlrich and Cooper
genusPomatotremaUlrich and Cooper 1932
speciestransversum

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.

†Pomatotrema transversum Ulrich and Cooper 1938
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Diagnosis
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