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Waagenites aequicosta

Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Chonetes aequicosta was named by Waagen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Chonetes (Dienerella) aequicosta by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Waagenites aequicosta by Lee and Gu (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Chonetes aequicosta Waagen p. 639 figs. Pl 60, fig 7
1944Chonetes (Dienerella) aequicosta Reed
1980Waagenites aequicosta Lee and Gu p. 341 figs. Pl 160, figs 9,12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderChonetidina
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilyPlicochonetinaeSokolskaja 1960
tribeRugariini
genusWaagenitesPaeckelmann 1930
speciesaequicosta()

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.

†Waagenites aequicosta Waagen 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available