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Squamularia superba

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Taxonomy
Squamularia superba was named by Jin and Sun (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tuoba, Qamdo County (Tuoba Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Tuoba Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Squamularia superba Jin and Sun p. 155 figs. Pl 9, figs 28-30
1985Squamularia superba Jin et al. p. 209 figs. Pl 13, figs 10, 18, 19

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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
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
genusSquamularia
speciessuperba

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.

†Squamularia superba Jin and Sun 1981
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Diagnosis
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