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Microcornus elongatus

Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae

Taxonomy
Microcornus elongatus was named by Missarzhevsky (1980). Its type specimen is GIN 4297/7, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sample 179, Bayan-Gol, which is in a Lenian marine horizon in the Salanygol Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Microcornus elongatus Missarzhevsky p. 22 figs. pl. 3 f. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderHyolithidaMathew 1962
familyNelegerocornidae
genusMicrocornus
specieselongatus

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.

†Microcornus elongatus Missarzhevsky 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available