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Yukonospirifer yukonensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Yukonospirifer yukonensis was named by Shi and Waterhouse (1996). Its type specimen is GSC 97225 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 53713, Section 116H-1A, Peel River, which is in a Sakmarian marine sandstone in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Yukonospirifer.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Yukonospirifer yukonensis Shi and Waterhouse p. 123 figs. Pl 23, figs 8,9,11-16; text-fig 41

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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
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyPterospiriferinae
genusYukonospirifer
speciesyukonensis

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.

†Yukonospirifer yukonensis Shi and Waterhouse 1996
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Diagnosis
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