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Eomegastrophia philomena

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena philomena was named by Billings (1860). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Brachyprion philomena by Twenhofel (1928); it was recombined as Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomena by Dewing (2001); it was misspelled as Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomela by Dewing (1999); it was recombined as Eomegastrophia philomena by Jin and Popov (2008) and Gushulak and Jin (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Strophomena philomena Billings pp. 65-67 figs. Pl. 28, figs. 7-15; Pl. 29, figs. 1-13; Pl. 30, figs. 1-6; Text-figs. 61-62
1928Brachyprion philomena Twenhofel p. 189 figs. Plate XXII, figure 14; Plate XXIII, figures 8, 9, 10
1999Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomela Dewing pp. 65-67 figs. Pl. 28, figs. 7-15; Pl. 29, figs. 1-13; Pl. 30, figs. 1-6; Text-figs. 61-62
2001Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomena Dewing figs. Pl. 1, figs. 3–4; Pl. 2, figs. 7–8
2008Eomegastrophia philomena Jin and Popov
2017Eomegastrophia philomena Gushulak and Jin

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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
genusEomegastrophia()
speciesphilomena(Billings 1860)

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.

Eomegastrophia philomena Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
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