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Viligella rotunda

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae

Taxonomy
Mentzelia rotunda was named by Tuchkov (1956). Its type specimen is TsGM 8126/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Viliga River basin, Okhotsk, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Viligella rotunda by Dagys (1965), Dagys (1974) and Bychkov et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Mentzelia rotunda Tuchkov p. 180 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
1965Viligella rotunda Dagys p. 117 figs. Pl 23, figs 1-4
1974Viligella rotunda Dagys p. 124 figs. Pl 36, figs 1-3; text-fig 84
1976Viligella rotunda Bychkov et al.

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilySpiriferinoidea(Davidson 1884)
familySpiriferinidaeDavidson 1884
subfamilyJiangdaspiriferinaeCarter 1994
genusViligella
speciesrotunda(Tuchkov 1956)

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.

Viligella rotunda Tuchkov 1956
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Diagnosis
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