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Ontsira distracta
Taxonomy
Xenarcha distracta was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH I. 9099, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Ontsira distracta by Belokobylskij (2014).
It was recombined as Ontsira distracta by Belokobylskij (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Xenarcha distracta Cockerell pp. 15-16 fig. 16 |
| 2014 | Ontsira distracta Belokobylskij p. 375 figs. Pl 12, fig 4; text-fig 37 |
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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.
†Ontsira distracta Cockerell 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Xenarcha distracta (type locality: 123959) |