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Eohemithyris alexi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Eohemithiris alexi was named by Hertlein and Grant IV (1944). Its type specimen is UCLA 6204, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Eohemithiris.

It was recombined as Eohemithyris alexi by Cooper (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Eohemithiris alexi Hertlein and Grant IV p. 55 figs. Plate 3, figures 4, 7-9; text figure 10
1959Eohemithyris alexi Cooper p. 31

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyBasiliolinae
genusEohemithyris()
speciesalexi()

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.

†Eohemithyris alexi Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
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