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Botsfordia caelata

Lingulata - Lingulida - Botsfordiidae

Taxonomy
Orbicula caelata was named by Hall (1847). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Botsfordia caelata by Skovsted and Holmer (2005) and Skovsted et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Botsfordia caelata Skovsted and Holmer pp. 334 – 338 figs. pl. 3 f. 12–15; pl. 4 f. 1-15
2017Botsfordia caelata Skovsted et al. p. 290 figs. 79.9a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyBotsfordiidae
genusBotsfordia
speciescaelata()

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.

Botsfordia caelata Hall 1847
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Diagnosis
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