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Neospirifer plana

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Neospirifer plana was named by Chen (2004). Its type specimen is GMB123 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uzunbulak Section, Bed 11, Piqiang, Artux City, which is in an Asselian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Piqiang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. leoncitensis, N. tewaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Neospirifer plana Chen p. 37 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-2

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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()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusNeospiriferFredericks 1919
speciesplana

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.

†Neospirifer plana Chen 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available