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Wadispirifer grandis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Neospirifer grandis was named by Archbold and Thomas (1986). Its type specimen is CPC24354, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR FL220, Luluigui Homestead, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Hardman Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Wadispirifer.

It was recombined as Wadispirifer grandis by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Neospirifer grandis Archbold and Thomas pp. 143-148 figs. 11A-F, 12A-E, 13A-D
2004Wadispirifer grandis Waterhouse

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusWadispiriferFredericks 1919
speciesgrandis()

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.

†Wadispirifer grandis Archbold and Thomas 1986
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Diagnosis
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