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Tornquistia transversalis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae

Taxonomy
Tornquistia transversalis was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 154550, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9045, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. polita

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Tornquistia transversalis Carter p. 274 figs. Pl 14, figs 15a-20

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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
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyAnopliidaeMuir-Wood 1962
subfamilyAnopliinaeMuir-Wood 1962
genusTornquistiaPaeckelmann 1930
speciestransversalis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available