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Mesopunctia macropustulosus
Taxonomy
Notospirifer macropustulosus was named by Waterhouse (1968). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 708, a valve (Ventral valve internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Mesopunctia.
It was recombined as Mesopunctia macropustulosus by Waterhouse (1998).
It was recombined as Mesopunctia macropustulosus by Waterhouse (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Notospirifer macropustulosus Waterhouse p. 76 figs. Pl 14, figs 2,3; pl 18, figs 2,4; text-fig 6E |
| 1983 | Notospirifer macropustulosus Waterhouse p. 246 figs. Pl 3, fig 6 |
| 1987 | Notospirifer macropustulosus Waterhouse p. 39 figs. Pl 8, figs 9,13,15,17; pl 9, fig 10; pl 11, figs 9,11 |
| 1998 | Mesopunctia macropustulosus Waterhouse p. 41 |
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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.
†Mesopunctia macropustulosus Waterhouse 1968
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. B. Waterhouse 1987 | Small transverse Notospirifer with 4-5 pairs of high plicae and deep interspaces on each valve; sulcus well defined, deep, without median costa; fold high with flattened or gently convex crest. without groove; surface ornament of fine elongated grooves and small broad pustules. No tabellae. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian | New Zealand (Southland) | Notospirifer macropustulosus (41784) Notospirifer microstriatus (41767) | |
| Capitanian | New Zealand (Southland) | Notospirifer macropustulosus (41788 41789) Notospirifer microstriatus (type locality: 41777 41778 41779) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (Queensland) | Notospirifer macropustulosus (98100 101569 103924 104768 104769 120329 120331 120333 120335 120336 120337 120338 120340 120341 120350 120379 120535 120536 120539 120661 120662) |