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Wairakirhynchia susvallensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Taxonomy
Wairakirhynchia susvallensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 1787, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS 12622, Pig Valley (N28/f095), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Wairakirhynchia susvallensis MacFarlan p. 62 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-10; text-fig 6.1h

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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
speciessusvallensis

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 susvallensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
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