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Xenosteges minusculus

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Xenosteges minusculus was named by Hoover (1981). Its type specimen is USNM 221062, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Xenosteges minusculus Hoover p. 55 figs. Pl 4, figs 3-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyEchinosteginae
genusXenosteges
speciesminusculus

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.

†Xenosteges minusculus Hoover 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available