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Falafer epidelus
Taxonomy
Falafer epidelus was named by Grant (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 169736, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece. It is the type species of Falafer.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Falafer epidelus Grant p. 218 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-21; pl 2, figs 1-20; pl 3, figs 1-23; pl 4, figs 19-27; pl 5, figs 1-13; pl 6, figs 1-1 |
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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.
†Falafer epidelus Grant 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 19 | 2.71 | 1.50 | 3.70 | 3.00 | 0.684 |
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Greece | Falafer epidelus (type locality: 42460 42461 109350) |