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Copidens browni

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae

Taxonomy
Copidens browni was named by Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977) [Dysodonta? sp. Hill, Playford & Woods 1969 pl. 0 I f. 21]. Its type specimen is COC 15595, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 90. NT 242. 2.4 kilometers southeast of No. 8 Dam, 8.3 kilometers north of Coolibah Yard, Toko Range, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Nora Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Copidens.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Copidens browni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson p. 29 figs. pl. 28 f. 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderActinodontida()
superfamilyAnodontopsoideaMiller 1889
familyCycloconchidaeUlrich 1884
genusCopidens
speciesbrowni

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.

†Copidens browni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Diagnosis
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