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Palaeoneilo guangdongensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoneilo guangdongensis was named by Zhang and Pojeta (1986). Its type specimen is YI C023, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ceshui Formation, Locality 2, Songshanxia Res., which is in a Jiusian marginal marine mudstone/coal in the Ceshui Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Palaeoneilo guangdongensis Zhang and Pojeta p. 672 figs. 3.1-3.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusPalaeoneilo
speciesguangdongensis

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Palaeoneilo guangdongensis Zhang and Pojeta 1986
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Zhang and J. Pojeta 1986Palaeoneilo large and wedgeshaped in lateral profile