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Tullimonstrum gregarium

Enoplea - Chromadorida - Nemavermidae

Taxonomy
Tullimonstrum gregarium was named by Richardson (1966). Its type specimen is CNHM PE 10504, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is original description of Essex fauna, Pit 11, which is in a Desmoinesian delta plain shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Tullimonstrum.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Tullimonstrum gregarium Richardson p. 76 figs. Fig. 1-3
1973Nemavermes mackeei Schram p. 987 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-4; text-fig 1b
1979Nemavermes mackeei Schram p. 110 fig. 1a
2011Nemavermes mackeei Poinar p. 275 fig. 17,18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
Nematoidea
phylumNematodaPotts 1932
RankNameAuthor
classEnopleaInglis 1983
subclassDorylaimiaInglis 1983
orderChromadoridaChitwood 1933
suborderChromadorinaFilipjev 1917
superfamilyChromadoroideaFilipjev 1917
familyNemavermidae
genusTullimonstrum
speciesgregarium

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.

Tullimonstrum gregarium Richardson 1966
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Invalid names: Nemavermes mackeei Schram 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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