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Bositra circularis
Taxonomy
Posidonia circularis was named by Hsu (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chinglungshan CLS6, Longtanzhen, which is in an Induan marine shale in China.
It was recombined as Bositra circularis by Pan et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Bositra circularis by Pan et al. (2014).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1937 | Posidonia circularis Hsu p. 314 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-12 |
2014 | Bositra circularis Pan et al. p. 152 |
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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.
†Bositra circularis Hsu 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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valve height | 3 | 9.94 | 8.50 | 11.8 | 9.80 | 1.66 |
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Induan | China (Jiangsu) | Posidonia circularis (type locality: 109784) | |
Smithian | China (Guangxi) | Posidonia circularis (121138) | |
Smithian | China (Anhui) | Posidonia circularis (95655 95658) | |
Dienerian | China (Guangxi) | Posidonia circularis (121135) |