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Maorirhynchia nelsonensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Maorirhynchia nelsonensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 16078, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ERF N8b, Pig Valley (N28/f7743), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Maorirhynchia nelsonensis MacFarlan p. 80 figs. Pl 4, figs 12-18; text-fig 8.1i-k

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyAllorhynchidaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusMaorirhynchia
speciesnelsonensis

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.

†Maorirhynchia nelsonensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available