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Protovirgularia bifurcata

Taxonomy
Protovirgularia bifurcata was named by Knaust (2021). Its type specimen is MB.W.2047.3 and is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Quarry Troistedt, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Meissner Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. longespicata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Protovirgularia bifurcata Knaust p. 11 figs. Plate 2, Fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
—Ichnofossils
genusProtovirgulariaM'Coy 1850
RankNameAuthor
speciesbifurcata

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available