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Marjumia transversa

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Taxonomy
Modocia transversa was named by Palmer (1968). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 4382-CO - Hillard Limestone, Hard Luck Creek area, which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone in the Hillard Limestone Formation of Alaska.

It was recombined as Marjumia transversa by Melzak and Westrop (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Modocia transversa Palmer p. 65 figs. Pl. 5, figs. 1-5
1994Marjumia transversa Melzak and Westrop p. 976 figs. (Pl. 1, figs. 7 -13)

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMarjumiidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMarjumia
speciestransversa(Palmer 1968)

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.

Marjumia transversa Palmer 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available