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Taxonomy
Elimata was named by Dickins (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-l P Tatr]. Its type is Elimata guppyi.
It was assigned to Anomiidae by Vokes (1980); to Limidae by Waterhouse (1987) and Waterhouse (2001); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Anomiidae by Vokes (1980); to Limidae by Waterhouse (1987) and Waterhouse (2001); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Elimata Dickins p. 93 |
| 1980 | Elimata Vokes p. 61 |
| 1987 | Elimata Waterhouse p. 159 |
| 2001 | Elimata Waterhouse p. 137 |
| 2002 | Elimata Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Elimata Dickins 1963
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†Elimata guppyi Dickins 1963
†Elimata permiana King 1850
†Elimata polita Newell 1955
†Elimata prima Wass and Gould 1968
†Elimata symmetrica Waterhouse 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 11 | 5.37 | 2.10 | 13.6 | 7.50 | 3.54 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Changhsingian or 290.10000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (32 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian | Australia (Western Australia) | E. guppyi (85854) | |
| Roadian | Australia (Queensland) | E. symmetrica (66276 66279) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Lithuania | E. permiana (46200 46486 46514) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | E. permiana (88657 112850 112852 112855) Lima permiana (109718 110450 130765) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Greenland | Plagiostoma permiana (115905) Plagiostoma polita (107444) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | E. permiana (208911) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (Queensland) | E. prima (98097 98098 98101 103924 104952 120335 120336 120337 120338 120339 120340 120341 120535 120539) E. sp. (104762) | |
| Changhsingian | Italy | Lima permiana (232368) |