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Medlicottia tenuis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Medlicottia tenuis was named by Leonova (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/217, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kurteke, Kochusu Suite, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. orbigiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Medlicottia tenuis Leonova p. 73 figs. Pl 2, fig 2; text-fig 2
1989Medlicottia tenuis Leonova p. 101 figs. Pl 4, fig 2; text-fig 34b
2002Medlicottia tenuis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyMedlicottiinae
genusMedlicottiaWaagen 1880
speciestenuisLeonova 1985

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.

†Medlicottia tenuis Leonova 1985
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Diagnosis
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