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Lissochonetes avicula

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Chonetes avicula was named by Waagen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khura, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Lissochonetes avicula by Shimizu (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. plattsmouthensis, L. senilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Chonetes avicula Waagen p. 622 figs. Pl 59, fig 5
1961Lissochonetes avicula Shimizu p. 322 figs. Pl 16, figs 30-33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilySvalbardiinaeArchbold 1982
genusLissochonetes
speciesavicula()

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.

†Lissochonetes avicula Waagen 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available