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Musculina nikischini

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Musculina nikischini was named by Smirnova and Baraboshkin (2004). Its type specimen is MSU MZ 2/100 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Verkhorech'ye (Early Hauterivian), which is in a Hauterivian marine sandstone in Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Musculina nikischini Smirnova and Baraboshkin p. 61 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 9

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilySellithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusMusculina
speciesnikischini

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.

†Musculina nikischini Smirnova and Baraboshkin 2004
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Diagnosis
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