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Spitsbergenia patella
Taxonomy
Spitsbergenia patella was named by Hurcewicz (1982). It is not extant. Its type locality is Treskelen, Creek IV, Hornsund (brachiopod cherts), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Spitsbergenia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Spitsbergenia patella Hurcewicz |
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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.
†Spitsbergenia patella Hurcewicz 1982
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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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Spitsbergenia patella (type locality: 117799) |