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Mendacella megacircularis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Taxonomy
Mendacella megacircularis was named by Jin and Zhan (2008). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is A1364. Main road, Lousy Cove Area, which is in a Hirnantian carbonate lime mudstone/lime mudstone in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tungussense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Mendacella megacircularis Jin and Zhan pp. 49-51 figs. Pl. 32, figs. 1-17

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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
speciesmegacircularis

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 megacircularis Jin and Zhan 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available