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Gefonia carinata
Taxonomy
Gefonia carinata was named by Jin and Ye (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 42784 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kunlun River II-F3, Nachitai, Geermu County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Gefonia carinata Jin and Ye p. 128 figs. Pl 35, figs 5-17; text-fig 63 |
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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.
†Gefonia carinata Jin and Ye 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 8.22 | 6.20 | 12.6 | 7.10 | 3.46 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian | China (Qinghai) | Gefonia carinata (103579 type locality: 103588) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Qinghai) | Gefonia carinata (103244) |