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Merospirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Taxonomy
Merospirifer is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eomartiniopsinae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Merospirifer Sepkoski
2006Merospirifer Williams et al. p. 1756

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyMartiniidae
subfamilyEomartiniopsinaeCarter 1994
genusMerospirifer

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available