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Schizopea wanwankouensis
Taxonomy
Lytospira wanwankouensis was named by Yü and Yochelson (1999). Its type specimen is NIGP 113858, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Schizopea wanwankouensis by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Schizopea wanwankouensis by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Lytospira wanwankouensis Yü and Yochelson pp. 386 - 387 figs. 4l-n |
| 2023 | Schizopea wanwankouensis Wagner p. S6970 |
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†Schizopea wanwankouensis Yü and Yochelson 1999
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. Yü and E. L. Yochelson 1999 | Shell discoidal, with blunt spiral angulation near midline of upper whorl. Whorls four to five in number, first two whorls in contact, but later ones openly coiled.
Shell small and discoidal. Whorls four to five in number, the first two in contact, with later whorls open-coiled and rapidly increasing in size. A blunt, spiral angulation is near the midline of the upper whorl surface, sloping inward towards the inner whorl surface. Outer whorl surface is gently convex. Suture in the first two whorls is distinctly impressed. Surface of the steinkern is smooth. Aperture and the characters of base unknown. Growth lines unknown. |