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Lingulasma whitfieldi

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae

Taxonomy
Lingula whitfieldi was named by Ulrich (1889). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lingulasma whitfieldi by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. compactum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Lingula whitfieldi Ulrich p. 381 figs. fig. 3
1915Lingula whitfieldi Bassler
2023Lingulasma whitfieldi Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyLingulasmatidaeWinchell and Schuchert 1893
genusLingulasma
specieswhitfieldi(Ulrich 1889)

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.

†Lingulasma whitfieldi Ulrich 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available