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Suborder:
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Goniatitina 
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Superfamily:
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Shumarditoidea 
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Family:
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Somoholitidae 
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Genus:
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Somoholites 
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Species:
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sinensis | 
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Qualifier:
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Author:
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	Yang 1978,p.177	 
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Lower Boundary:
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Langsettian--Duckmantian, Westphal.A--B, 311.3 million years
 
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Upper Boundary:
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Duckmantian--Bolsovian, Westphal.B--C, 310.6 million years
 
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