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Miltonella shupei
Taxonomy
Miltonella shupei was named by Sohn (1950). Its type specimen is USNM 114516 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Miltonella.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1950 | Miltonella shupei Sohn p. 37 figs. Pl 8, figs 23-39 |
| 1954 | Miltonella shupei Sohn p. 17 figs. Pl 5, figs 18-21 |
| 2021 | Miltonella shupei Tarnac et al. p. 23 fig. 6Q–R |
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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.
†Miltonella shupei Sohn 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 3 | 1.16 | 0.990 | 1.33 | 1.20 | 0.172 |
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| References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Miltonella shupei (117948) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Miltonella shupei (type locality: 43517) | |
| Roadian - Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Argilloecia sp. (108835) | |
| Lopingian | USA (Wyoming) | Miltonella shupei (117947) |