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Obolus parvus

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Obolus parvus was named by Walcott (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is south slope of Mount Bosworth, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Cathedral Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Obolus parvus Walcott p. 61

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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
genusObolusEichwald 1829
speciesparvus

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.

Obolus parvus Walcott 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available