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Palaeoneilo galatea
Taxonomy
Leda galatea was named by d'Orbigny (1850).
It was recombined as Mesosaccella galatea by Berndt (1998); it was recombined as Palaeoneilo galatea by Gu et al. (1976), Chen (1982), Chen (1997), Gahr (2002).
It was recombined as Mesosaccella galatea by Berndt (1998); it was recombined as Palaeoneilo galatea by Gu et al. (1976), Chen (1982), Chen (1997), Gahr (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. amosi, P. anthraconeiloides, P. antigonishensis, P. antiqua, P. arcuata, P. arenacea, P. barrisi, P. bedfordensis, P. beushauseni, P. brevis, P. concentrica, P. congregata, P. constrictiformis, P. distincta, P. elliptica, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. farbesi, P. flectens, P. flectens, P. fujinohira, P. humenryi, P. ignota, P. indicus, P. insignis, P. iwaiensis, P. laevirostris, P. laevirostrum, P. luciniforme, P. lunaris, P. magnifica, P. maureri, P. minutissima, P. muensteri, P. muta, P. nanimensis, P. orbignyi, P. ovata, P. parvaradiatus, P. patagonidica, P. penekei, P. phillipsi, P. plana, P. planiformis, P. praecursor, P. praecuta, P. primaeva, P. prynadai, P. rhysa, P. rudis, P. sakuradaniensis, P. sancticrucis, P. sharmani, P. sinuosa, P. sinuosus, P. socialis, P. subantiqua, P. sulcatina, P. taffiana, P. telliniformis, P. tenuistriata, P. truncata, P. unionoides, P. antiqua, P. arcuata, P. augusta, P. brevis, P. clarkei, P. contracta, P. crassa, P. elongata, P. maxima, P. muta, P. petila, P. plana, P. rudis, P. subantiqua, P. tenuistriata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Leda galatea d'Orbigny |
| 1976 | Palaeoneilo galatea Gu et al. p. 24 figs. Pl 43, figs 3,4 |
| 1982 | Palaeoneilo galatea Chen p. 405 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4 |
| 1997 | Palaeoneilo galatea Chen p. 132 figs. Pl 1, figs 11-14; pl 2, figs 1,2 |
| 1998 | Mesosaccella galatea Berndt |
| 2002 | Palaeoneilo galatea Gahr |
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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.
†Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Middle Toarcian or 201.40000 to 180.40000 Ma
Collections (91 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hettangian | Denmark | Palaeoneilo galatea (142009) | |
| Hettangian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Palaeoneilo galatea (204161) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | Germany | Mesosaccella galatea (23813) | |
| Bucklandi | China (Guangdong) | Palaeoneilo galatea (7778) | |
| Bucklandi - Semicostatum | Hong Kong | Palaeoneilo galatea (275835 275852 275861 275886 275890) | |
| Bucklandi - Semicostatum | China (Guangdong) | Palaeoneilo galatea (150394) | |
| Early/Lower Sinemurian | Denmark | Palaeoneilo galatea (142068 142069) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Palaeoneilo galatea (204130 204131 204132 204133) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Denmark | Palaeoneilo galatea (142071 142072) | |
| Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Palaeoneilo galatea (204146 204151) | |
| Early/Lower Pliensbachian | Denmark | Palaeoneilo galatea (142076 142077) | |
| Early/Lower Pliensbachian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Palaeoneilo galatea (204127 204128 204129) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Denmark | Palaeoneilo galatea (142078 142079 142080 142081 142082) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Germany (Bavaria) | Mesosaccella galatea (23849 23850 23851 23852 23853 23854 23855 23856 23857 23858 23859 23860) Palaeoneilo galatea (224862) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Palaeoneilo galatea (204120) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Germany | Mesosaccella galatea (23624 23625 23626 23627 23812 23814 23815 23816 23817 23818 23839 23840 23841 23842 23843 23844 23845 23846 23847 23848) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Palaeoneilo galatea (225396 225397) | |
| Pliensbachian | United Kingdom | Mesosaccella galatea (213633 213634 213643 213646 213655) | |
| Pliensbachian | Spain | Palaeoneilo galatea (211873) | |
| Pliensbachian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Palaeoneilo galatea (204121 204122 204123 204124 204125) | |
| Pliensbachian | Argentina (Neuquen) | Palaeoneilo galatea (33869) | |
| Spinatum | Germany | Palaeoneilo galatea (126569 159446) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Spain | Palaeoneilo galatea (25612 25938 25942 26152 26322) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom | Mesosaccella galatea (213658) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Portugal | Palaeoneilo galatea (25952 25961 25963) | |
| Toarcian | France | Mesosaccella galatea (51608) | |
| Middle Toarcian | Portugal | Palaeoneilo galatea (25968) |