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Geniculifera brevicula

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Geniculifera brevicula was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 154622, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9044, 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
G. siphuncula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Geniculifera brevicula Carter p. 292 figs. Pl 20, figs 1a-12c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
subfamilyPlicatiferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeLevitusiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusGeniculifera
speciesbrevicula

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.

†Geniculifera brevicula Carter 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available