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Higumastra scassoi
Taxonomy
Higumastra scassoi was named by Kiessling (1999). Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, K 25, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Higumastra scassoi Kiessling |
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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.
†Higumastra scassoi Kiessling 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) | Higumastra scassoi (9956 51833) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Antarctica | Higumastra scassoi (46960 46961) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Antarctica | Higumastra scassoi (46963 type locality: 46964 46965 51826 51827) |