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Avalanchia pterocarina

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

Taxonomy
Avalanchia pterocarina was named by Caldwell and Chatterton (1995). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Fauna j, Section AV4, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Whitwellian slope limestone/shale in the Delorme Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Avalanchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Avalanchia pterocarina Caldwell and Chatterton
2006Avalanchia pterocarina Rogalla and Amler p. 198
2023Avalanchia pterocarina Wagner p. 3006

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyPseudobigaleaidae
subfamilyIapetocardiinae
genusAvalanchia
speciespterocarina

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.

†Avalanchia pterocarina Caldwell and Chatterton 1995
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Diagnosis
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