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Araxathyris beipeiensis
Taxonomy
Araxathyris beipeiensis was named by Xu and Grant (1994). Its type specimen is USNM 456169 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beipei Section, Chongqing City, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Araxathyris beipeiensis Xu and Grant p. 48 figs. 37.1-37.4 |
| 2022 | Araxathyris beipeiensis Wu et al. p. 116 figs. 8.22-8.24, 15.1-15.4 |
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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.
†Araxathyris beipeiensis Xu and Grant 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 9.00 |
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| References: 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 (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangdong) | Araxathyris beipeiensis (211750 211805 228449 229438) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | Araxathyris beipeiensis (type locality: 50033) |