The traditional brachiopod class Articulata is superseded by a supra-ordinal classification built from shell, soft-anatomical and developmental characters; the atlas retains Articulata only as a historical navigation grade.
claim:taxon:articulataA supra-ordinal classification of the Brachiopoda
Williams, A.; Carlson, S.J.; Brunton, C.H.C.; Holmer, L.E.; Popov, L.
Year1996
Source rolesystematic-review
DOI / ID10.1098/rstb.1996.0101
Fitness and scope
taxonomy · topology · morphology
Revision replacing the traditional Articulata–Inarticulata split with phylogenetically informed higher groups; Articulata is retained only as a historical navigation grade.