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Pseudospiriferina variabilis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudospiriferina variabilis was named by Yang and Xu (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is FM-7, Machangping, Fuquan County, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Qingyan Formation of China. It is the type species of Pseudospiriferina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pseudospiriferina variabilis Yang and Xu p. 42 figs. Pl 5, figs 7-10; pl 6, figs 4-6; text-figs 35-37
1978Pseudospiriferina variabilis Feng and Jiang p. 292 figs. Pl 104, fig 4
1983Pseudospiriferina variabilis Xu and Liu p. 110 figs. Pl 7, figs 8-11e

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familySpiriferellinidaeIvanova 1972
genusPseudospiriferina
speciesvariabilis

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.

†Pseudospiriferina variabilis Yang and Xu 1966
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Diagnosis
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