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Toquimaella kayi

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Karpinskiidae

Taxonomy
Toquimaella kayi was named by Johnson (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 155508 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 10808. North flank of Ikes Canyon, which is in a Lochkovian open shallow subtidal limestone in the McMonnigal Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Toquimaella kayi Johnson p. 878 figs. Pl. 111, figs. 1-5, 7-30
1970Toquimaella kayi Johnson p. 160 figs. (Pl. 42, figs. 11-23; Text-Fig. 6

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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
suborderDavidsoniidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyPalaferelloideaSpriestersbach 1942
familyKarpinskiidaePoulsen 1943
subfamilyKarpinskiinaePoulsen 1943
genusToquimaella
specieskayi

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.

Toquimaella kayi Johnson 1967
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Diagnosis
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