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Eccentrotheca kanesia

Taxonomy
Eccentrotheca kanesia was named by Landing et al. (1980). It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Eccentrotheca kanesia Landing et al. pp. 404 – 407 figs. 8-10, 12-19
1986Eccentrotheca kanesia Laurie p. 446 figs. 9A-E
1987Eccentrotheca kanesia Hinz pp. 81 – 82 figs. pl. 13 f. 10-11; pl. 15 f. 1-7, 12
1989Eccentrotheca kanesia Landing et al. p. 760

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
genusEccentrotheca
specieskanesia

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.

Eccentrotheca kanesia Landing et al. 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Laurie 1986Sclerite very variable in shape, ranging from laterally compressed crescentic to vaguely semicircular, with apertural margin straight or concave. In compressed specimens (Fig. 9B, C) apex of crescent truncate and rotated about 30 degrees relative to long narrow aperture. In other specimens shape is less regular, aperture is broad, almost equidimensional. External ornament consis" of coarse, irregular growth lamellae. Interior of sclerite smooth or irregularly undulatory