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Orthothetina yanziyanensis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Orthothetina yanziyanensis was named by Lu (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yanziya Section F1, Mianzhu County, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Liangshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Orthothetina yanziyanensis Lu p. 608 figs. Pl 1, figs 11-14, 17, 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyMeekellidae
subfamilyMeekellinae
genusOrthothetinaSchellwien 1900
speciesyanziyanensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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