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Edriosteges multispinosus

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Edriosteges multispinosus was named by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 123906a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703a, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Edriosteges multispinosus Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 104 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-10
1975Edriosteges multispinosus Cooper and Grant p. 840 figs. Pl 218, figs 1-11; pl 219, figs 1-27; pl 220, figs 1-32; pl 221, figs 1-23; pl 222, figs 6-13; pl 22
1991Edriosteges multispinosus Sun p. 226 figs. Pl 5, fig 17
2015Edriosteges multispinosus Tazawa and Shintani p. 47 fig. 4.2

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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
genusEdriosteges
speciesmultispinosus

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.

Edriosteges multispinosus Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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Diagnosis
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