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Marginifera (Otariella) otaria
Taxonomy
Marginifera otaria was named by Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 212259, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Marginifera (Otariella).
It was recombined as Marginifera (Otariella) otaria by Waterhouse (1978).
It was recombined as Marginifera (Otariella) otaria by Waterhouse (1978).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1976 | Marginifera otaria Grant pp. 115-117 figs. Pl 25, figs 1-24 |
1978 | Marginifera (Otariella) otaria Waterhouse p. 30 |
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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.
†Marginifera (Otariella) otaria Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 4 | 3.45 | 1.90 | 9.50 | 2.85 | 3.54 |
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 |
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Roadian | Thailand | Marginifera otaria (75567) | |
Roadian | Thailand (Ratchaburi) | Marginifera otaria (40864 40865 40866 40867) | |
Wordian | Thailand (Ratchaburi) | Marginifera ovalis (116879) Marginifera typica (40954) |