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Stenoscisma yanjiensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Stenoscisma yanjiensis was named by Li and Gu (1980). Its type specimen is SIGMR U.Br.010 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shanxiuling section, bed 9, Kaishantun, Yanji County, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Shanxiuling Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. crumena, S. gjelis, S. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Stenoscisma yanjiensis Li and Gu p. 486 figs. Pl 1, fig 11

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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
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
speciesyanjiensis

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.

†Stenoscisma yanjiensis Li and Gu 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available