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Metaplasia

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Metaplasia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Metaplasia Sepkoski
2006Metaplasia Williams et al. p. 1736

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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
superfamilyAmbocoelioideaGeorge 1931
familyAmbocoeliidae
subfamilyAmbocoeliinae
genusMetaplasia

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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Metaplasia paucicostata Schuchert 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available