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Wairakirhynchia etaliana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Taxonomy
Wairakirhynchia etaliana was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 17382, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is JDC 2287, Kaihiku Gorge (G46/f9735), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Wairakirhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Wairakirhynchia etaliana MacFarlan p. 56 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-14; text-fig 6.1a-c

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyNorelloideaAger 1959
familyNorellidaeAger 1959
subfamilyPraemonticlarellinae
genusWairakirhynchia
speciesetaliana

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.

Wairakirhynchia etaliana MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
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