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Rugia spinosa

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae

Taxonomy
Rugia spinosa was named by Surlyk (1970). Its type specimen is MMH no. 11018 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gedser lighthouse, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rugia spinosa Surlyk p. 157 figs. 3d-f; Pl. 2, Fig. a-d; Tbl. 1
1979Rugia spinosa Bitner and Pisera p. 78 figs. Pl 3, figs 4-8
1990Rugia spinosa Johansen and Surlyk p. 854

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyCancellothyridoideaThomson 1926
familyChlidonophoridaeMuir-Wood 1959
subfamilyChlidonophorinaeMuir-Wood 1959
genusRugiaSteinich 1963
speciesspinosa

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.

Rugia spinosa Surlyk 1970
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Diagnosis
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