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Platythyris ovalis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae

Taxonomy
Platythyris ovalis was named by Sun (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mayao commune, 76NS7, Xiongmei district, Xaiza County, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Langshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Platythyris ovalis Sun p. 238 figs. Pl 12, figs 1-8; text-fig 43

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyCapillithyrididae
subfamilyAniabrochinaeMancenido 1993
genusPlatythyris
speciesovalis

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.

†Platythyris ovalis Sun 1981
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Diagnosis
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