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Taxonomy
Monotis dissimilis was named by Cox (1878).
It was recombined as Otapiria dissimilis by Damborenea (2012).
It was recombined as Otapiria dissimilis by Damborenea (2012).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Monotis dissimilis Cox p. 45 |
| 2012 | Otapiria dissimilis Damborenea p. 324 figs. Pl 1, figs 8, 9 |
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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.
†Otapiria dissimilis Cox 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 2 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 0.170 |
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Hettangian or 205.70000 to 199.50000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rhaetian | New Zealand | Otapiria dissimilis (50759 50760) | |
| Rhaetian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Otapiria dissimilis (132711 132722 132724) | |
| Hettangian | New Zealand | Otapiria dissimilis (50761) |