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Pterotheca
Taxonomy
Pterotheca was named by Salter (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. Its type is Atrypa transversa. It is the type genus of Pterothecinae.
It was assigned to Pterothecidae by Fischer (1883); to Carinaropsidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterothecinae by Knight et al. (1960), Wahlman (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Pterothecidae by Fischer (1883); to Carinaropsidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterothecinae by Knight et al. (1960), Wahlman (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
Species
P. anatiformis, P. angusta, P. anticostiana, P. attenuata, P. avirostris, P. clochensis, P. consorbina, P. drummuckensis, P. estona, P. expansa, P. gath, P. girvanensis, P. harviei, P. hispanica, P. intermedia, P. lata, P. macroderma, P. maxima, P. mullochensis, P. multidecorata, P. pentagona, P. saffordi, P. simplex, P. transversa, P. triangularis, P. trimerelloides, P. undulata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Pterotheca Salter |
| 1861 | Clioderma Hall |
| 1883 | Pterotheca Fischer p. 432 |
| 1897 | Pterotheca Ulrich and Scofield |
| 1900 | Aulacomerella Huene |
| 1960 | Pterotheca Knight et al. p. 181 |
| 1992 | Pterotheca Wahlman |
| 2002 | Pterotheca Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Pterotheca Bouchet et al. pp. 146, 241 |
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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.
G. †Pterotheca Salter 1853
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†Pterotheca anatiformis Hall 1847
†Pterotheca angusta Raymond 1921
†Pterotheca anticostiana Twenhofel 1928
†Pterotheca attenuata Hall 1861
†Pterotheca avirostris Huxley and Etheridge 1865
†Pterotheca clochensis Foerste 1924
†Pterotheca consorbina Barrande 1872
†Pterotheca drummuckensis Reed 1909
†Pterotheca estona Teichert 1928
†Pterotheca expansa Emmons 1842
†Pterotheca gath Lamont 1978
†Pterotheca girvanensis Reed 1909
†Pterotheca harviei Foerste 1924
†Pterotheca hispanica Ebbestad and Gutiérrez-Marco 2017
†Pterotheca intermedia Shrock and Raasch 1937
†Pterotheca lata Teichert 1930
†Pterotheca macroderma d'Eichwald 1856
†Pterotheca maxima Teichert 1928
†Pterotheca mullochensis Reed 1909
†Pterotheca multidecorata Reed 1909
†Pterotheca pentagona Foerste 1914
†Pterotheca saffordi Hall 1861
†Pterotheca simplex Reed 1909
†Pterotheca transversa Portlock 1843
†Pterotheca triangularis Bradley 1930
†Pterotheca trimerelloides Clarkson et al. 1995
†Pterotheca undulata Hall 1861
Invalid names: Aulacomerella Huene 1900 [synonym], Clioderma Hall 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available