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Orbiculoidea magna

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Orbiculoidea magna was named by Feng (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhifang Section, southern Duyun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Orbiculoidea magna Feng p. 232 figs. Pl 85, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusOrbiculoidead'Orbigny 1847
speciesmagna

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Orbiculoidea magna Feng 1978
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Diagnosis
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