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Taxonomy
Modiola (Brachidontes) dichotoma was named by Whiteaves (1885) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma by Russell and Landes (1937).
It was recombined as Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma by Russell and Landes (1937).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Brachidontes araripensis, Brachidontes arcturusensis, Brachidontes arlingtonanus, Brachidontes biali, Brachidontes briarti, Brachidontes charmesi, Brachidontes ciplyana, Brachidontes citrinus, Brachidontes corrugatus, Brachidontes cossmanni, Brachidontes crebristriatus, Brachidontes crenulata, Brachidontes filisculptus, Brachidontes filisculptus microcostae, Brachidontes fulpensis, Brachidontes granulata, Brachidontes guppyi, Brachidontes jeremejewi, Brachidontes kamtschaticus, Brachidontes kovatschensis, Brachidontes lineatus, Brachidontes linguatulus, Brachidontes marginatus, Brachidontes mashikensis, Brachidontes matchgaransis, Brachidontes montensis, Brachidontes multilingera, Brachidontes nankoi, Brachidontes nonbifurcus, Brachidontes ogasawarai, Brachidontes potomacensis, Brachidontes purpuratus, Brachidontes pyriformis, Brachidontes radiatula, Brachidontes rigaulti, Brachidontes saffordi, Brachidontes sahaleurai, Brachidontes sakakurai, Brachidontes senegalensis, Brachidontes somalicus, Brachidontes stubbsi, Brachidontes suberosus, Brachidontes taurinensis, Brachidontes tenuisculpta, Brachidontes texanus, Brachidontes vectiensis, Brachidontes couloni, Brachidontes subpectinatus, Brachidontes fulpensis, Brachidontes grammatus, Brachidontes ortmanni, Brachidontes purpuratus, Brachidontes rodriguezi, Brachidontes vetustus, V. compressa, V. dieneri, V. fittoni, V. modesta, V. philippinarum, V. restorationensis, V. tarrantana, V. uddeni, V. waringi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Modiola (Brachidontes) dichotoma Whiteaves p. 37 figs. pl. 4, figs. 3-3a |
| 1937 | Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma Russell and Landes p. 145 |
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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.
†Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma Whiteaves 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available