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Aphanaia erectum
Taxonomy
Aphanaia erectum was named by Kauffman and Runnegar (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 180868, a valve (Right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coal Canyon Mine Creek, KBK5455, Adobe Range, which is in a Wordian marine siltstone in Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Aphanaia erectum Kauffman and Runnegar p. 46 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,4,5,7,8 |
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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.
†Aphanaia erectum Kauffman and Runnegar 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| valve height | 1 | 39.0 |
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| References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||