Amplexidae Chapman, 1893

Doweld, Alexander B., 2015, Kassinasma, a new generic replacement name for Kassinella Keller 1970 (Anthozoa: Streptelasmatida) non Borissiak 1956 (Brachiopoda: Strophomenacea), Zootaxa 4028 (4), pp. 577-578 : 577

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scientific name	Amplexidae Chapman, 1893
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Family Amplexidae Chapman, 1893

Genus Kassinasma nom. nov. pro Kassinella Keller, 1960: 90 , non Borissiak, 1956: 50.

Type species, by monotypy: K. longiseptata ( Keller, 1960) comb. nov. pro Kassinella longiseptata Keller, 1960 (p. 91)

Holotype: Slide 6022/16e, Collection 28 (figured by Keller, 1960: pl. 4, figs 1-2, text-fig. 1) [Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Palaeontology].

Locus typicus: Kyzylzhal mountains, Eastern Kazakhstanian region, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia.

Stratum typicum: Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian).

Diagnosis: see Keller, 1960: 91.

Etymology: named after Nikolaj Grigor’jevich Kassin [Николай Григорьевич Кассин] [1885-1949], eminent Russian (Soviet) geologist.

Stratigraphic distribution: Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian).

Palaeogeographic distribution: Kazakhstania.