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Tornquistia magna

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae

Taxonomy
Tornquistia magna was named by Archbold (1980). Its type specimen is CPC 19137, a shell (Internal mould of conjoined shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR G279, Moogooree Homestead, which is in a Kungurian coastal shale in the Bulgadoo Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. polita

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tornquistia magna Archbold p. 186 figs. Pl 25, figs 5-13

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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
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyAnopliidaeMuir-Wood 1962
subfamilyAnopliinaeMuir-Wood 1962
genusTornquistiaPaeckelmann 1930
speciesmagna

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.

†Tornquistia magna Archbold 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available