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Araxathyris yuananensis
Taxonomy
Araxathyris yuananensis was named by Yang (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yangjiatang, Maokou Formation, Yuan'an County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Araxathyris yuananensis Yang p. 412 figs. Pl 162, fig 10 |
| 1995 | Araxathyris yuananensis Zeng et al. figs. Pl 19, fig 17 |
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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 yuananensis Yang 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 16.0 |
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Roadian - Capitanian | China (Hubei) | Araxathyris yuananensis (type locality: 121112) | |
| Wordian | Iran | Araxathyris yuananensis (112944) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | Araxathyris yuananensis (94967 94972 156861 156862 156863 156885) |