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Mendacella bleikeriensis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Taxonomy
Mendacella bleikeriensis was named by Baarli (1988) [= 1982 Mendacella cf. mullockiensis (Davidson); Thomsen and Baarli, pI. 1, figs. 13 and 14. = 1987 Mendacella sp.; Baarli, fig. 5c]. Its type specimen is PMO 105221, a shell (internal mould of brachial valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skytterveien, 60-70 meters above base of Leangen member, which is in an Aeronian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Solvik Formation of Norway.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tungussense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Mendacella bleikeriensis Baarli pp. 50-54 figs. pl. 17; txt. f. 12

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyDalmanelloideaSchuchert 1913
familyRhipidomellidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyRhipidomellinaeSchuchert 1913
genusMendacellaCooper 1930
speciesbleikeriensis

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 bleikeriensis Baarli 1988
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Diagnosis
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