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Monodiexodina gigas

Schwagerinidae

Taxonomy
Monodiexodina gigas was named by Shi et al. (2008). Its type specimen is MCC8-7, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shanmutang Section, middle Dadongchang Formation, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Dadongchang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Monodiexodina gigas Shi et al. p. 125 figs. 4.23-4.28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
RankNameAuthor
familySchwagerinidaeDunbar and Henbest 1930
subfamilyMonodiexodininaeKanmera et al. 1976
genusMonodiexodina
speciesgigas

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Monodiexodina gigas Shi et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
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