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Dichacaenia perplexa

Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae

Taxonomy
Dichacaenia perplexa was named by Cooper and Dutro (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 200957a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Dichacaenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Dichacaenia perplexa Cooper and Dutro p. 61 figs. pl. 12 f. 47-55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyStrophalosioidea()
familyAraksalosiidaeLazarev 1989
subfamilyDonalosiinaeLazarev 1989
genusDichacaenia
speciesperplexa

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.

†Dichacaenia perplexa Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Diagnosis
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