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Alternifenestella spinifera

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Taxonomy
Fenestrellina spinifera was named by Crockford (1946). Its type specimen is UQ F7955A and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lakes Creek Quarry, Trachypora horizon, Rockhampton, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Berserker Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Fenestella spinifera by Maxwell (1964) and Wass (1968); it was recombined as Alternifenestella spinifera by Morozova (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Fenestrellina spinifera Crockford
1964Fenestella spinifera Maxwell p. 39 figs. Pl 13, fig 5
1968Fenestella spinifera Wass
2004Alternifenestella spinifera Morozova

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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
subfamilyFenestellinaeKing 1849
genusAlternifenestella
speciesspinifera()

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.

Alternifenestella spinifera Crockford 1946
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Diagnosis
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