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Westonia anrakhaica

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Westonia anrakhaica was named by Nikitina et al. (2006) [Westonia? anrakhaica]. Its type specimen is USNM 484942, a shell (conjoined valves), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 121. Eastern side of the Kopalysai valley, southern Chu-Ili Range, which is in an Abereiddian foreshore sandstone in the Uzunbulak Formation of Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Westonia anrakhaica Nikitina et al. p. 157 fig. 13.1–5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusWestoniaWalcott 1901
speciesanrakhaica

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.

Westonia anrakhaica Nikitina et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
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