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Laqueus elongatus

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae

Taxonomy
Laqueus elongatus was named by Cooper (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 549309, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17462, Gushichan (RS 349), which is in a Calabrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone/limestone in the Naha Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Laqueus elongatus Cooper p. 15 figs. Pl 3, figs 40-45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyLaqueoideaThomson 1927
familyLaqueidaeThomson 1927
subfamilyLaqueinaeThomson 1927
genusLaqueus
specieselongatus

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.

†Laqueus elongatus Cooper 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available