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Kosmopleura hoelderi
Taxonomy
Kosmopleura hoelderi was named by Gründel (2003). Its type specimen is SMNS 64228, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stuttgart-Vaihingen, which is in a Bucklandi marine limestone in the Arietenkalk Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Kosmopleura.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Kosmopleura hoelderi Gründel |
| 2011 | Kosmopleura hoelderi Gründel et al. p. 494 fig. 8D |
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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.
†Kosmopleura hoelderi Gründel 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 3.30 |
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Angulata | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Kosmopleura hoelderi (90445) | |
| Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom | Kosmopleura hoelderi (118018) | |
| Bucklandi | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Kosmopleura hoelderi (type locality: 90446) |