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Meifodia tulkulensis

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae

Taxonomy
Meifodia tulkulensis was named by Modzalevskaya and Popov (1995). Its type specimen is 71/12889 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is VSEGEI Loc. 817 Akkerme Peninsula, Lake Balkhash, which is in a Rhuddanian carbonate limestone/mudstone in the Mynaral Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Meifodia tulkulensis Modzalevskaya and Popov p. 419 figs. 7L-Q, 9; Tbl. 4

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderAtrypidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyAtrypoideaGill 1871
familyLissatrypidaeTwenhofel 1914
genusMeifodia
speciestulkulensis

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.

†Meifodia tulkulensis Modzalevskaya and Popov 1995
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Diagnosis
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