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Praelongithyris manuanensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Terebratula manuanensis was named by Muir-Wood (1954). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Acanthoceras beds, Manuan Creek (Skoenberg Hill), which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Mzinene Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Praelongithyris manuanensis by Cooper (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. transcaspica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Terebratula manuanensis Muir-Wood
1993Praelongithyris manuanensis Cooper p. 3 fig. 3

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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
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilyRectithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusPraelongithyris
speciesmanuanensis(Muir-Wood 1954)

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.

†Praelongithyris manuanensis Muir-Wood 1954
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Diagnosis
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