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Erinostrophia undata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Orthis undata was named by McCoy (1846). Its type specimen is NMING: F7475, a valve (brachial valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Erinostrophia.

It was recombined as Megastrophia (Protomegastrophia) undata by Cocks (1978); it was recombined as Erinostrophia undata by Cocks and Worsley (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Orthis undata McCoy p. 36 figs. pl. 3, fig. 21
1978Megastrophia (Protomegastrophia) undata Cocks p. 128
1993Erinostrophia undata Cocks and Worsley pp. 44 - 45 figs. 8a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptostrophiidaeCaster 1939
genusErinostrophiaShaler 1865
speciesundata(McCoy 1846)

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.

†Erinostrophia undata McCoy 1846
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Diagnosis
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