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Acrotretella siluriana

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Torynelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Acrotretella siluriana was named by Ireland (1961). Its type specimen is USNM 140111 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 300 yards east of U. S. Highway 77, 2 miles north of Springer, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone in the Cochrane Formation of Oklahoma. It is the type species of Acrotretella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Acrotretella siluriana Ireland

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderAcrotretidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyAcrotretoidea
familyTorynelasmatidaeRowell 1965
genusAcrotretellaIreland 1961
speciessiluriana

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.

†Acrotretella siluriana Ireland 1961
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Diagnosis
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