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Halorella geniculata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Halorellidae

Taxonomy
Halorella geniculata was named by Xu (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qugasi, Yidun County, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Qugasi Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. ruahinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Halorella geniculata Xu p. 275 figs. Pl 93, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyDimerelloideaBuckman 1918
familyHalorellidaeAger 1965
genusHalorellaBittner 1884
speciesgeniculata

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
No diagnoses are available