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Housia ovata
Taxonomy
Housia ovata was named by Palmer (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 136863, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Housia ovata Palmer p. 75 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 1 |
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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.
†Housia ovata Palmer 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steptoean | USA (Utah) | Housia ovata (240242) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Nevada) | Housia ovata (75273 110627 110628 110629 110630 114296 114297 114298 114605 114606 114607 114608) | |
| Franconian | USA (Missouri) | Housia ovata (9155 9156 9191 9196 9199 9200) |