original description
Cooper, G. A. (1982). New Brachiopoda from the southern hemisphere and Cryptopora from Oregon (recent). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 41:1–43, fig. 1–4, pl. 1–7., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Paleobiology/pdf_lo/SCtP-0041.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Genus name 'Syntomaria' from the Greek 'syntomos' (= shortened), alluding to the abbreviated loop development. [details]