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Eochonetes dignata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Taxonomy
Thaerodonta dignata was named by Wang (1949). Its type specimen is SUI 1888b, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clermont, which is in a Richmondian marine shale in the Scales Formation of Iowa.

It was recombined as Eochonetes dignata by Bauer and Stigall (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Thaerodonta dignata Wang p. 22 figs. pl. 11D f. 1-6
2016Eochonetes dignata Bauer and Stigall fig. 8.1–8.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familySowerbyellidaeOpik 1930
subfamilySowerbyellinaeOpik 1930
genusEochonetesReed 1917
speciesdignata()

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.

†Eochonetes dignata Wang 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available