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Microdictyon sphaeroides
Taxonomy
Microdictyon sphaeroides was named by Hinz (1987). Its type specimen is UB 3, an other, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Jee's Quarry, Nuneaton, which is in a Tommotian carbonate limestone in the Hartshill Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Microdictyon sphaeroides Hinz p. 75 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-12; pl. 2 f. 1-7 |
| 2011 | Microdictyon sphaeroides Kouchinsky et al. p. 161 |
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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.
†Microdictyon sphaeroides Hinz 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tommotian | United Kingdom (England) | Microdictyon sphaeroides (type locality: 79929) | |
| Atdabanian - Botomian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Microdictyon sphaeroides (9350 9391) | |
| Branchian | United Kingdom (England) | Microdictyon sphaeroides (79928 79931 79932) | |
| Solvan | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Microdictyon sphaeroides (110823) |