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Stellahexaformis gersterensis

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae

Taxonomy
Stellahexaformis gersterensis was named by Gilmour and Snyder (1986). Its type specimen is EWU Bz 101 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gerster Ls., Medicine Range Section, which is in a Wordian open shallow subtidal packstone/lime mudstone in the Gerster Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Stellahexaformis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Stellahexaformis gersterensis Gilmour and Snyder p. 212 figs. 3A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyDyscritellidaeDunaeva and Morozova 1967
genusStellahexaformis
speciesgersterensis

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.

†Stellahexaformis gersterensis Gilmour and Snyder 1986
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Diagnosis
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