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Mackinneyella praepluriformis

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae

Taxonomy
Polypora praepluriformis was named by Morozova (1965). Its type specimen is PIN 1613/106 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ogbin 2, Gnishik Fm, Dzhagra River, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Gnishik Formation of Armenia.

It was recombined as Protoretepora praepluriformis by Zimmerman and Cuffey (1987); it was recombined as Mackinneyella praepluriformis by Morozova and Lisitsyn (1996) and Ernst et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Polypora praepluriformis Morozova p. 194 figs. Pl 28, fig 2
1970Polypora praepluriformis Morozova p. 218 figs. Pl 50, figs 2,3
1975Polypora praepluriformis Yang and Xia p. 52 figs. Pl 7, figs 13-15
1987Protoretepora praepluriformis Zimmerman and Cuffey
1996Mackinneyella praepluriformis Morozova and Lisitsyn p. 539
2006Mackinneyella praepluriformis Ernst et al. p. 564 figs. 8G-K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyAcanthocladiidaeZittel 1880
genusMackinneyella
speciespraepluriformis()

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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