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Cathaysia yongdingensis
Taxonomy
Cathaysia yongdingensis was named by Liao (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fushi, Yongding County, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Cathaysia yongdingensis Liao p. 203 figs. Pl 95, figs 16,17 |
| 1984 | Cathaysia yongdingensis Liao figs. Pl 1, fig 30 |
| 2017 | Cathaysia yongdingensis Shen et al. p. 690 |
| 2020 | Cathaysia yongdingensis Wu and Zhang p. 873 figs. 9U-X, 10A,B |
| 2022 | Cathaysia yongdingensis Wu et al. p. 116 figs. 7.20-7.22 |
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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.
†Cathaysia yongdingensis Liao 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 5.70 |
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangdong) | Cathaysia yongdingensis (211805 228449) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | Cathaysia yongdingensis (94978) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | Cathaysia yongdingensis (117465 117486) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Fujian) | Cathaysia yongdingensis (111968 type locality: 120076 220219 220220 220221 220222) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Zhejiang) | Cathaysia yongdingensis (112377) |