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Oligotresium vicksburgensis

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae

Taxonomy
Lunulites vicksburgensis was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Oligotresium vicksburgensis by Gabb and Horn (1862) and Cheetham (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lunulites vicksburgensis Conrad p. 296
1862Oligotresium vicksburgensis Gabb and Horn
1962Oligotresium vicksburgensis Cheetham p. 325

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyLunulitidaeLagaaij 1952
genusOligotresiumGabb and Horn 1862
speciesvicksburgensis()

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
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