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Posidonia somaliensis
Taxonomy
Posidonia somaliensis was named by Cox (1935). Its type locality is Daghani, bed 207, which is in a Kimmeridgian offshore shale in the Daghani Shale Formation of Somalia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aequilatera, P. browni, P. corrugata, P. corrugata, P. corrugata, P. cycloides, P. dubiosa, P. gibsoni, P. insignis, P. kedahensis, P. lamellosa, P. mambranacea, P. membranacea, P. nahwisi, P. nasuta, P. pariseinsis, P. striata, P. trapezoedra, P. ussurica, P. venusta, P. vetusta, P. wapanuckensis, P. wengensis, P. nalivkini, P. venusta
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Posidonia somaliensis Cox |
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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.
†Posidonia somaliensis Cox 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.50000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oxfordian | Yemen (Wadi Hajar) | Posidonia somaliensis (2595 2596 2597) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Somalia | Posidonia somaliensis (93006 type locality: 93007 93008) | |
| Tithonian - Kimmeridgian | Yemen (Wadi Hajar) | Posidonia somaliensis (2617) |