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Nikiforovella explicata

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Nikiforovellidae

Taxonomy
Dyscritella explicata was named by Gorjunova (1970). Its type specimen is PIN 2351/254 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Watershed 1 km northwest of Karabeles Pass, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Bazardarin Formation of Tajikistan.

It was recombined as Nikiforovella explicata by Xia (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Dyscritella explicata Gorjunova p. 64 figs. Pl 23, fig 3
1975Dyscritella explicata Gorjunova p. 58 figs. Pl 9, fig 1
1980Dyscritella explicata Liu p. 224 figs. Pl 108, figs 5,6
1986Nikiforovella explicata Xia p. 209 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderRhabdomesidaVine 1883
familyNikiforovellidae
genusNikiforovella
speciesexplicata()

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.

†Nikiforovella explicata Gorjunova 1970
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Diagnosis
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