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Retispira marcouianus
Taxonomy
Bellerophon marcouianus was named by Geinitz (1866). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Pillsbury Shale Formation of Nebraska.
It was recombined as Bucanopsis marcouiana by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Bucanopsis marcouana by Raymond (1911); it was recombined as Knightites (Retispira) marcouianus by Yochelson (1960); it was recombined as Retispira marcouianus by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Bucanopsis marcouiana by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Bucanopsis marcouana by Raymond (1911); it was recombined as Knightites (Retispira) marcouianus by Yochelson (1960); it was recombined as Retispira marcouianus by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1866 | Bellerophon marcouianus Geinitz p. 7 figs. pl. 1 f. 12 |
| 1872 | Bellerophon marcouianus Meek p. 226 figs. pl. 4 f. 17; pl. 11 f. 13a-b |
| 1894 | Bellerophon marcouianus Keyes p. 148 figs. pl. 51 f. 3 |
| 1897 | Bucanopsis marcouiana Ulrich and Scofield p. 854 |
| 1911 | Bucanopsis marcouana Raymond |
| 1924 | Bellerophon marcouianus Morgan figs. pl. 49 f. 4 |
| 1960 | Knightites (Retispira) marcouianus Yochelson p. 227 |
| 2023 | Retispira marcouianus Wagner p. S8027 |
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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.
†Retispira marcouianus Geinitz 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Missourian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Bucanopsis marcouana (184103 184105) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Nebraska) | Bellerophon marcouianus (type locality: 157668) |