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Baissalosteges gracilis

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Baissalosteges gracilis was named by Kotlyar (1989). Its type specimen is TsNIGR 36/12540 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baisal, Bed 29, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone/mudstone in the Khachik Formation of Azerbaijan. It is the type species of Baissalosteges.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Baissalosteges gracilis Kotlyar p. 119 figs. Pl 22, figs 8-10

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyEchinosteginae
genusBaissalosteges
speciesgracilis

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.

†Baissalosteges gracilis Kotlyar 1989
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Diagnosis
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