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Branchioplax washingtoniana
Taxonomy
Branchioplax washingtoniana was named by Rathbun (1916). Its type specimen is YPM 195, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Townsend, which is in a Rupelian marine siliciclastic in the Clallam Formation of Washington. It is the type species of Branchioplax.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun p. 345 fig. 1 |
| 1926 | Pilumnoplax hannibalanus Rathbun p. 37 |
| 1926 | Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun p. 42 |
| 1990 | Branchioplax washingtoniana Tucker and Feldmann p. 415 |
| 1990 | Neopilumnoplax hannibalanus Tucker and Feldmann p. 418 |
| 2000 | Branchioplax washingtoniana Schweitzer et al. p. 53 |
| 2000 | Neopilumnoplax hannibalanus Schweitzer et al. p. 53 |
| 2010 | Branchioplax washingtoniana Schweitzer et al. p. 137 |
| 2022 | Branchioplax washingtoniana Schweitzer et al. p. 13 fig. 6.2 |
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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.
†Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun 1916
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Invalid names: Pilumnoplax hannibalanus Rathbun 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available