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Cypricardinia contracta
Taxonomy
Cypricardinia contracta was named by Girty (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2926 green, Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Cypricardinia contracta Girty p. 446 figs. Pl 9, figs 23,23a |
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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.
†Cypricardinia contracta Girty 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Cypricardinia contracta (type locality: 108812) |