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Westratia nana
Taxonomy
Westratia nana was named by Jell and Duncan (1986). Its type specimen is NMVP103105, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL425, Koonwarra, which is in an Aptian pond claystone/siltstone in Australia. It is the type species of Westratia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Westratia nana Jell and Duncan p. 187 figs. 65C,D, 66F-H, 67 |
| 2018 | Westratia nana Li et al. |
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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.
†Westratia nana Jell and Duncan 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Australia (Victoria) | Westratia nana (type locality: 77192) |