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Cavellina alpina
Taxonomy
Cavellina alpina was named by Crasquin (2008). Its type specimen is P6M2336, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bulla Section BUCS1, Ostracod unit, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/wackestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Cavellina alpina Crasquin p. 255 figs. Pl 6, figs 8-10 |
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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.
†Cavellina alpina Crasquin 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 2 | 0.364 | 0.340 | 0.390 | 0.365 | 0.035 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changhsingian | Italy | Cavellina alpina (type locality: 87193) |