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Rhipidomella hessensis
Taxonomy
Rhipidomella hessensis was named by King (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 12642, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 107, Hill 5725, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Hess Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Rhipidomella hessensis King p. 43 figs. Pl 1, figs 2a-d,3a-b,4 |
| 1954 | Rhipidomella hessensis Stehli p. 291 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-6 |
| 1976 | Rhipidomella hessensis Cooper and Grant p. 2610 figs. Pl 663, figs 11,12,23-26,32-68; pl 665, figs 1-66; pl 666, figs 1-33; pl 667, figs 27-43 |
| 1990 | Rhipidomella lengwuensis Liang p. 344 figs. Pl 1, figs 18-26 |
| 1990 | Rhipidomella pusilla Liang p. 345 figs. Pl 1, figs 27,28 |
| 1994 | Rhipidomella hessensis Shen and He p. 446 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5 |
| 1998 | Rhipidomella hessensis Shi and Shen p. 504 figs. 3.1-3.4, 4.7B |
| 2007 | Rhipidomella hessensis Shen and Shi p. 37 figs. Pl 14, figs 6-13 |
| 2012 | Rhipidomella hessensis Tazawa p. 60 fig. 4.15 |
| 2022 | Rhipidomella hessensis Viaretti et al. p. 664 figs. Pl 2, figs 31-34 |
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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.
†Rhipidomella hessensis King 1931
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Invalid names: Rhipidomella lengwuensis Liang 1990 [synonym], Rhipidomella pusilla Liang 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 46 | 6.18 | 2.00 | 16.2 | 5.90 | 2.77 |
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (86 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gzhelian | USA (New Mexico) | Rhipidomella hessensis (64273) | |
| Asselian - Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Rhipidomella hessensis (105891) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Rhipidomella hessensis (43545 43559 43564 43570 43605 75885 75886 75887 75930 75933 75935 75936 102613 149776) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Rhipidomella hessensis (75927 75929 81696 105972 106033 165228) | |
| Kungurian | Japan | Rhipidomella hessensis (149806) | |
| Kungurian | Oman | Rhipidomella hessensis (166923) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Rhipidomella hessensis (43496 43497 43499 43534 43558 43560 43561 43562 43565 43566 66103 75863 75864 75865 75881 75919 75920 75922 75923 75924 75925 75926 75961 81635 81637 81710 81723 81724 81726 81848 81860 81862 81950 81951 102627 105679 105681 105689 105738 105988 105996 106162 106164 106166 106289 106297 108395 108399 113224 122519 122520 149773 149777 149778 type locality: 149779 149780 149781 149782) | |
| Capitanian | China (Zhejiang) | Rhipidomella lengwuensis, Rhipidomella pusilla (95519) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | Rhipidomella hessensis (117480 117481) | |
| Changhsingian | Vietnam | Rhipidomella hessensis (42910) |