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Hunzina australasica

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtina australasica was named by Etheridge (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Marmion, near junction of Lennard and Meda Rivers, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Spiriferella australasica by Etheridge (1915) and Archbold and Thomas (1985); it was recombined as Hunzina australasica by Angiolini (1995) and Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cyrtina australasica Etheridge Jr. p. 210 figs. Pl 17, figs 6-8
1907Cyrtina australasica Etheridge Jr. p. 21
1915Spiriferella australasica Etheridge Jr. p. 30 figs. Pl 5, figs 6-13
1985Spiriferella australasica Archbold and Thomas p. 39 figs. 1BB-HH, 2A-M
1995Hunzina australasica Angiolini
2004Hunzina australasica Waterhouse

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyHunzininaeAngiolini 2001
genusHunzina
speciesaustralasica()

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.

Hunzina australasica Etheridge Jr. 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available