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Zhejiangospirifer depressus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Taxonomy
Zhejiangospirifer depressus was named by Liang (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China. It is the type species of Zhejiangospirifer.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Zhejiangospirifer depressus Liang p. 243 figs. Pl 101, figs 1-5
1990Zhejiangospirifer depressus Liang p. 335 figs. Pl 56, figs 1-41; pl 57, figs 1-10; text-figs 44-46

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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
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyTangshanellinaeCarter 1994
genusZhejiangospirifer
speciesdepressus

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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