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Oepikites obtusus

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Obolus (Schmidtia) obtusus was named by Mickwitz (1896).

It was recombined as Schmidtites obtusus by Biernat (1973); it was recombined as Oepikites obtusus by Popov and Khazanovitch (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Obolus (Schmidtia) obtusus Mickwitz p. 167 figs. pl. 2 f. 23,24,33,34
1973Schmidtites obtusus Biernat pp. 54 - 55 figs. PI. I, Figs 1-5; Text-fig. 3
1989Oepikites obtusus Popov and Khazanovitch p. 109 figs. pl. 2 f. 18,20-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusOepikitesKhazanovitch and Popov 1984
speciesobtusus(Mickwitz 1896)

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.

Oepikites obtusus Mickwitz 1896
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Diagnosis
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