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Cheethamia volgaensis

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Taxonomy
Cheethamia volgaensis was named by Koromyslova and Seltser (2020). Its type specimen is ESM MSU 133/3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Krasnyj Oktyabr quarry, bench III, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Karsun Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. howei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Cheethamia volgaensis Koromyslova and Seltser p. 703 figs. 3b, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882
genusCheethamiaShaw 1967
speciesvolgaensis

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.

†Cheethamia volgaensis Koromyslova and Seltser 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available