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Knightella shumardiana
Taxonomy
Murchisonia shumardiana was named by Winchell (1863). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prospect Hill, bluff above river south of Burlington, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the English River Formation of Iowa.
It was recombined as Loxonema shumardana by Weller (1900); it was recombined as Holopea shumardana by Girty (1915); it was recombined as Holopea shumardiana by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Knightella shumardiana by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Loxonema shumardana by Weller (1900); it was recombined as Holopea shumardana by Girty (1915); it was recombined as Holopea shumardiana by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Knightella shumardiana by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Murchisonia shumardiana Winchell p. 20 |
| 1900 | Loxonema shumardana Weller p. 106 figs. pl. 7 f. 5 |
| 1915 | Holopea shumardana Girty p. 190 |
| 1967 | Holopea shumardiana Yochelson and Saunders p. 98 |
| 2023 | Knightella shumardiana Wagner p. S7612 |
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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.
†Knightella shumardiana Winchell 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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