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Oymurania gravestocki

Taxonomy
Oymurania gravestocki was named by Kouchinsky et al. (2015). Its type specimen is PIN 4194/101 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oy-Muran section, Bed 01, which is in an Atdabanian carbonate limestone in the Pestrotsvet Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Oymurania.

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by P. Wagner on 2015-11-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Oymurania gravestocki Kouchinsky et al. p. 3 fig. 3–13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
genusOymurania
speciesgravestocki

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Oymurania gravestocki Kouchinsky et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Kouchinsky et al. 2015Bilaterally symmetrical presumably biconvex organophosphatic shells with circumferential growth. Valves orthoconic to cyrtoconic, with a broad subapical platform. Walls composed of laminae perforated by tiny canals and interconnected by acrotretoid columns. Two types of thicker canals perforate the wall orthogonally vs. parallel to lamination and open on the shell exterior trough the pores situated in a common depression or indentation of growth increments.