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Mendacella uberis
Taxonomy
Orthis aequivalva was named by Billings (1866). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mendacella.
It was corrected as Orthis uberis by Billings (1866); it was recombined as Mendacella uberis by Li and Copper (2006), Jin and Zhan (2008) and Rubel (2011).
It was corrected as Orthis uberis by Billings (1866); it was recombined as Mendacella uberis by Li and Copper (2006), Jin and Zhan (2008) and Rubel (2011).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1865 | Orthis aequivalva Shaler p. 48 |
1866 | Orthis uberis Billings p. 42 |
1866 | Orthis aequivalva Billings p. 48 |
2006 | Mendacella uberis Li and Copper p. 48 figs. Plate 16, figures 18, 19, 24, 35 |
2008 | Mendacella uberis Jin and Zhan p. 38 |
2011 | Mendacella uberis Rubel |
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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.
†Mendacella uberis Billings 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available