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Heliomedusa
Taxonomy
Heliomedusa was named by Sun and Hou (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Sepkoski's reference number: 779].
It was assigned to Craniopsidae by Williams et al. (2000); to Craniopsida by Sepkoski (2002); to Disciniidae by Chen et al. (2007); to Brachiopoda by Bengtson (1992), Williams et al. (2007); and to Mickwitziidae by Liang et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Craniopsidae by Williams et al. (2000); to Craniopsida by Sepkoski (2002); to Disciniidae by Chen et al. (2007); to Brachiopoda by Bengtson (1992), Williams et al. (2007); and to Mickwitziidae by Liang et al. (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Heliomedusa Sun and Hou |
| 1992 | Heliomedusa Bengtson p. 1030 |
| 2000 | Heliomedusa Williams et al. p. 165 |
| 2002 | Heliomedusa Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Heliomedusa Chen et al. |
| 2007 | Heliomedusa Williams et al. p. 2582 |
| 2020 | Heliomedusa Liang et al. pp. Table 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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.50000 Ma
Collections (39 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atdabanian | China (Yunnan) | H. orienta (68083 86845 86846 86851 90133 90135 90137 90138 90149 90150 90151 90152 90161 90162 90163 90164 90165 90494) H. sp. (86929 86930 86931 86932 86933) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Yunnan) | H. orienta (132327 132328 132329 132330 194140 194141 194143 194150 194153 194155 194160 194161 194162 194163) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Hubai) | H. sp. (219687) | |
| Botomian | China (Yunnan) | H. minuta (90355) |