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Nantanella elliptica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Nantanella elliptica was named by Jin and Ye (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 42712 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gougongmakaerdeng Section ZP2F34-3, Huashixia, Maduo County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Bayinhe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Nantanella elliptica Jin and Ye p. 107 figs. Pl 29, figs 5-8; text-fig 49

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
genusNantanellaGrabau 1936
specieselliptica

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.

†Nantanella elliptica Jin and Ye 1979
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Diagnosis
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