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Furcirhynchia melvillei

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Furcirhynchia melvillei was named by Ager (1958). Its type specimen is GSM 28643, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry between Shipton Gorge and Bothenhampton, which is in a Spinatum carbonate limestone in the Marlstone Rock Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Furcirhynchia melvillei Ager p. 74 figs. Pl 7, figs 2-4; text-fig 40

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyDavanirhynchiinaeOvcharenko 1983
genusFurcirhynchia
speciesmelvillei

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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Diagnosis
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