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Protactis wenlockensis
Taxonomy
Baliactis wenlockensis was named by Spencer (1922). Its type specimen is Lectotype RSM 1897.32.498 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Protactis.
It was recombined as Protactis wenlockensis by Spencer (1927), Owen (1965) and Lewis et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Protactis wenlockensis by Spencer (1927), Owen (1965) and Lewis et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Baliactis wenlockensis Spencer pp. 215-218 figs. pl. 17 fig. 2 |
| 1927 | Protactis wenlockensis Spencer pp. 368-369 figs. text-fig. 235 |
| 1965 | Protactis wenlockensis Owen p. 560 |
| 2007 | Protactis wenlockensis Lewis et al. p. 38 |
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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.
†Protactis wenlockensis Spencer 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||