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Cavusonella caverna
Taxonomy
Cavusonella caverna was named by Rigby et al. (1989). Its type specimen is IG 5201 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 35, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Maokou Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. p. 796 figs. 12.1-12.3 |
| 1996 | Cavusonella caverna Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 28 figs. Pl 4.6-4.8, 21.1, 44.7, 55.1-55.4; text-fig 13 |
| 1998 | Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. p. 67 figs. Pl 9, figs 4,5; text-fig 18 |
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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.
†Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Cavusonella caverna (41975) | |
| Wordian | China (Guangxi) | Cavusonella caverna (47442 type locality: 47443) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Guangxi) | Cavusonella caverna (36262) | |
| Capitanian | China (Guangxi) | Cavusonella caverna (47435) | |
| Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Cavusonella caverna (42003 42023 42037) | |
| Capitanian | USA (New Mexico) | Cavusonella caverna (47599 47600 47612 47650 47661 47662 47682 47707 47743 47757 95715 95716 107698) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | Cavusonella caverna (116605) |