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Bigalea yangi

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

Taxonomy
Bigalea yangi was named by Pojeta and Runnegar (1976). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mud Lake Quarry, 1.5 miles north of Bay View, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Petoskey Limestone Formation of Michigan. It is the type species of Bigalea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Bigalea yangi Pojeta and Runnegar
1982Bigalea yangi Bonem
2006Bigalea yangi Rogalla and Amler pp. 186 - 187 figs. 5A-G
2023Bigalea yangi Wagner p. 3009

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyPseudobigaleaidae
subfamilyBigaleinae
genusBigalea
speciesyangi

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.

†Bigalea yangi Pojeta and Runnegar 1976
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Diagnosis
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