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Lepetopsis taxiensis

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae

Taxonomy
Lepetopsis taxiensis was named by Liang (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Taxi, Taxi Fm, Nenjiang County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Taxi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Lepetopsis taxiensis Liang p. 465 figs. Pl 191, figs 10a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderArchinacellida()
superfamilyArchinacelloidea()
familyMetoptomatidae
genusLepetopsis
speciestaxiensis

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Lepetopsis taxiensis Liang 1980
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Diagnosis
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