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Acosarina janiceps
Taxonomy
Orthis janiceps was named by Waagen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Katwahi, middle compact Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Acosarina janiceps by Lee and Gu (1980).
It was recombined as Acosarina janiceps by Lee and Gu (1980).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1884 | Orthis janiceps Waagen p. 570 figs. Pl 56, fig 9 |
| 1980 | Acosarina janiceps Lee and Gu p. 329 figs. Pl 158, figs 1,2 |
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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.
†Acosarina janiceps Waagen 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 11.0 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Heilongjiang) | Acosarina janiceps (94837) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Orthis janiceps (type locality: 124769 126344) |