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Semilingula occidentaustralis

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae

Taxonomy
Lingula occidentaustralis was named by Archbold (1981) [Holotype at Geology Department, University of Melbourne]. Its type specimen is MUGDF5181, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UWA WL7, Garden Road, Coolkilya Flat, which is in an Artinskian marine siltstone in the Quinnanie Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Semilingula occidentaustralis by Yegorov and Popov (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Lingula occidentaustralis Archbold p. 172 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-15
1990Semilingula occidentaustralis Yegorov and Popov p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyLingulidaeGray 1840
genusSemilingula
speciesoccidentaustralis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available