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Ptilorhynchia mclachlani

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Ptilorhynchia mclachlani was named by Sandy et al. (2014). Its type specimen is PMO 224.882 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seep 9, Knorringfjellet, which is in a Berriasian offshore shelf carbonate in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Ptilorhynchia mclachlani Sandy et al. p. 510 figs. 3.13-3.32, 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
genusPtilorhynchia
speciesmclachlani

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.

†Ptilorhynchia mclachlani Sandy et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
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