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Spencella
Taxonomy
Spencella was named by Rasetti (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Cm uMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ptychopariina by Sundberg (1994); to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Ptychopariina by Sundberg (1994); to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Spencella Rasetti |
| 1994 | Spencella Sundberg p. 111 |
| 2002 | Spencella Jell and Adrain p. 447 |
| 2002 | Spencella Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Spencella Rasetti 1963
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†Spencella buttsi Resser 1938
†Spencella montanensis Rasetti 1963
†Spencella spinosa Rasetti 1963
†Spencella utahensa Sundberg 1994
†Spencella virginica Resser 1938
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. A. Sundberg 1994 | Small, micropygous Ptychopariida with subrectangular cranidium with glabella ele- vated well above fixigena; slightly convergent, mod- erate depth axial furrows; shallow to effaced lateral glabellar furrows; bluntly rounded from lateral lobe; downsloping, moderately narrow to fixigenae; nar- row or absent preglabellar field; convex, moder- ately curved, sagittally narrow, strongly tapering, medially swollen anterior border; short length pal- pebral lobes; short (trans.) posterior area of fixigenae. Librigenae narrow, rounded at genal angle. Pygidium small, alate, elevated axis, 1-2 shallow pleural furrow pairs, poorly defined border. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambrian | USA (Georgia) | Solenopleurella buttsi (164675) | |
| Dyeran | USA (Virginia) | S. virginica (195) | |
| Delamaran | USA (Utah) | S. utahensa (133730 134059 134067 134069 134070 134111 134116 134117) S. utahensis (10565) | |
| Solvan | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | S. spinosa (10844 10845) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Alaska) | S. acanthina, S. sp. (64764) S. montanensis (64538 64541 64762) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Utah) | S. sp. (86740) | |
| Marjumian | Canada (Alberta) | S. montanensis (194603) |