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Paraschizodus elongatus

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae

Taxonomy
Paraschizodus elongatus was named by Newell and Boyd (1975). Its type specimen is AMNH 29173, a valve (Right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH3113, Baldwin Creek, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal packstone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Paraschizodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Paraschizodus elongatus Newell and Boyd p. 144 figs. 84, 85

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—UniomorphiGray 1854
—UnioniGray 1854
—UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familyMyophoriidaeBronn 1847
genusParaschizodus
specieselongatus

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.

†Paraschizodus elongatus Newell and Boyd 1975
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Diagnosis
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