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Gilledia fairylandensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Taxonomy
Gilledia fairylandensis was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQ F74264 and is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4870, Buffel Hill, Cracow Station, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Gilledia fairylandensis Waterhouse p. 49 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; pl 13, figs 1,2,27,28

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyGillediidae
subfamilyGillediinae
genusGilledia
speciesfairylandensis

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Gilledia fairylandensis Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Small shells with shallow moderately narrow ventral sulcus and moderately arched dorsal valve.