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Waagenites dichotoma

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Chonetes dichotoma was named by Waagen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Katwahi, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Wynne coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Chonetes (Dienerella) dichotoma by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Waagenites dichotoma by Clapham (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Chonetes dichotoma Waagen p. 638 figs. Pl 61, figs 6,7
1944Chonetes (Dienerella) dichotoma Reed p. 120
2015Waagenites dichotoma Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilyPlicochonetinaeSokolskaja 1960
tribeRugariini
genusWaagenitesPaeckelmann 1930
speciesdichotoma()

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.

†Waagenites dichotoma Waagen 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available