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Katastrophomena penkillensis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Strophonella penkillensis was named by Reed (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bargany Pond Burn (= Lauchlan Burn), Girvan, which is in a Telychian basinal (siliciclastic) siltstone in the Wood Burn Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) penkillensis by Reed (1917), Rubel (2011); it was misspelled as Katastrophomena pen by Baarli (1987); it was recombined as Katastrophomena penkillensis by Cocks (1968), Cocks (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) penkillensis Reed
1968Katastrophomena penkillensis Cocks
1987Katastrophomena pen Baarli
2011Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) penkillensis Rubel
2019Katastrophomena penkillensis Cocks p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusKatastrophomenaCocks 1968
speciespenkillensis(Reed 1917)

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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