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Transcaucasathyris kandevani

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Araxathyris kandevani was named by Fantini Sestini and Glaus (1966). Its type specimen is Milan Univ I 1326 a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Nur Valley, Central Elburz Mountains, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian marine limestone/marl in the Nesen Formation of Iran.

It was recombined as Transcaucasathyris kandevani by Angiolini and Carabelli (2010), Viaretti et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Araxathyris kandevani Fantini Sestini and Glaus p. 913 figs. Pl 65, figs 4,5; text-fig 3
1995Araxathyris kandevani Zeng et al. figs. Pl 20, fig 7
2010Transcaucasathyris kandevani Angiolini and Carabelli p. 75 figs. Pl 3, figs 17-21; pl 5, figs 1-3; text-fig 10,11
2021Transcaucasathyris kandevani Viaretti et al. p. 246 figs. Pl 5, figs 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilyTranscaucasathyriinae
genusTranscaucasathyris
specieskandevani()

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.

†Transcaucasathyris kandevani Fantini Sestini and Glaus 1966
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Diagnosis
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