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Piarorhynchia radstockiensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella radstockiensis was named by Davidson (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clandown quarry, Radstock (BMNH collection), which is in a Jamesoni marine horizon in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Piarorhynchia.

It was recombined as Piarorhynchia radstockiensis by Ager (1962) and Paredes et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Rhynchonella radstockiensis Davidson
1962Piarorhynchia radstockiensis Ager p. 117 figs. Pl 10, figs 3-5; text-fig 71
2013Piarorhynchia radstockiensis Paredes et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 5

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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
subfamilyPiarorhynchiinaeShi and Grant 1993
genusPiarorhynchia
speciesradstockiensis(Davidson 1878)

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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