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Purdonella sadai

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy
Purdonella sadai was named by Yanagida and Nishikawa (1984). Its type specimen is GK-D 31618, a shell (Conjoined shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kogoro K-2, Hiroshima Prefecture, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Kawai Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Purdonella sadai Yanagida and Nishikawa p. 188 figs. Pl 19, fig 1

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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()
familySpiriferidae
subfamilyPurdonellinaePoletaev 1986
genusPurdonella()
speciessadai

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.

†Purdonella sadai Yanagida and Nishikawa 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available