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Cavellina sphenoformis
Taxonomy
Cavellina sphenoformis was named by Yi (1990). Its type specimen is Fuzhou Univ Dep Geol Mining Eng 13024, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gaodi, ZK302, Shaxian, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chuanshan Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Cavellina sphenoformis Yi p. 741 figs. Pl 2, figs 11,12; text-fig 3 |
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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 sphenoformis Yi 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| carapace height | 1 | 0.312 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002 | |||||