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Incertia incertissima

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer incertissimus was named by Godefroid et al. (2002). Its type specimen is MB.B. 258.2 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Incertia.

It was recombined as Incertia incertissima by Mittmeyer (2008) and Franke (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. subincertissima

Synonyms
  • Spirifer incertus was named by Spriestersbach and Fuchs (1909) [Fuchs in Spriestersbach & Fuchs 1909]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shanxiuling section, bed 9, Kaishantun, Yanji County, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Shanxiuling Formation of China.

    It was recombined as Spinella incerta by Vandercammen (1963); it was recombined as Subcuspidella incerta by Mittmeyer (1972); it was replaced with Spirifer incertissimus by Godefroid et al. (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Spirifer incertus Spriestersbach and Fuchs p. 63 figs. Taf. 10 Fig. 1-2
1963Spinella incerta Vandercammen pp. 63-68 figs. Taf. 6 Fig. 1-12
1972Subcuspidella incerta Mittmeyer pp. 96-97 figs. Taf. 2 Fig. 5, 6, non 7
2002Spirifer incertissimus Godefroid et al. p. 35 figs. 8a-c
2008Incertia incertissima Mittmeyer p. 202
2016Incertia incertissima Franke p. 86 figs. Taf. 19 Fig. 11-14

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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
superfamilyCyrtospiriferoideaTermier and Termier 1949
familySpinocyrtiidaeIvanova 1959
genusIncertiaMittmeyer 2008
speciesincertissima()

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.

†Incertia incertissima Godefroid et al. 2002
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Invalid names: Subcuspidella incerta Spriestersbach and Fuchs 1909 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available