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Amesopleura texana

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Amesopleura texana was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 154709, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Amesopleura texana Carter p. 371 figs. Pl 15, fig 20; pl 27, figs 12a-26; text-fig 30

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyStrophopleurinaeCarter 1974
genusAmesopleura
speciestexana

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.

Amesopleura texana Carter 1967
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Diagnosis
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