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Kiangsiella pinguis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Kiangsiella pinguis was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26934/2:1, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 38a, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Kiangsiella pinguis Chronic p. 79
1953Kiangsiella pinguis Chronic p. 76 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-9

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusKiangsiellaChao 1927
speciespinguis

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.

†Kiangsiella pinguis Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
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