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Ectenoglossa lyelli

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Lingula lyelli was named by Billings (1859) [Lectotype designated by Sinclair 1945.]. Its type specimen is G.S.C. 1027C and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ectenoglossa lyelli by Cooper (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. philomela

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Lingula lyelli Billings pp. 348, 431 figs. 1a-d
1911Lingula lyelli Raymond p. 218 figs. pl. 33, fig. 5, (fig. 6, doubtful)
1956Ectenoglossa lyelli Cooper pp. 217 - 218 figs. Plate 3, C, figures 6, 7

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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
genusEctenoglossa
specieslyelli(Billings 1859)

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.

†Ectenoglossa lyelli Billings 1859
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Diagnosis
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