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Bicorbis arizonica

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Taxonomy
Bicorbula arizonica was named by Condra and Elias (1945). Its type specimen is Neb Geol Surv 264 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grand Canyon, near Bright Angel Trail, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Bicorbis.

It was recombined as Bicorbis arizonica by Condra and Elias (1945), Bassler (1953) and McKinney (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Bicorbula arizonica Condra and Elias p. 118 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-8; pl 14, figs 1-3; pl 15, figs 1-7; pl 16, figs 1,2
1945Bicorbis arizonica Condra and Elias p. 411
1953Bicorbis arizonica Bassler p. G121
1983Bicorbis arizonica McKinney p. 12 figs. 4C-F, 5A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyFenestellidae
genusBicorbis
speciesarizonica()

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.

Bicorbis arizonica Condra and Elias 1945
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Diagnosis
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