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Manespira
Taxonomy
Manespira was named by Copper (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 683].
It was assigned to Protozyginae by Copper (1986); to Atrypida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protozygidae by Williams et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Protozyginae by Copper (1986); to Atrypida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protozygidae by Williams et al. (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Manespira Copper pp. 839 - 840 |
| 2002 | Manespira Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Manespira Williams et al. p. 1472 |
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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.
G. †Manespira Copper 1986
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†Manespira costata Cooper 1956
†Manespira diversa Reed 1917
†Manespira elongata Cooper 1956
†Manespira magnicostata Cooper 1956
†Manespira nicolleti Winchell and Schuchert 1892
†Manespira rotunda Cooper 1956
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Copper 1986 | Small, ventribiconvex to biconvex. sometimes weakly ventrocarinate shells with smooth umbonal regions. smooth or corrugated anterior and lateral commissure, weakly sulcate. Small anacline to hypercline beak. Internally thin shelled. small dental cavities. Minute deltidial plates. delicate medially dim:u:d teeth; thin socket plates. laterally pointed crum curving dorsally into ascending lamellae. in turn giving rise anteriorly to a dorsal complete or incomplete jugum and ventrally into a revolution of one whorl or less. Median dorsal septum absent or faint. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llandeilo | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Protozyga rotunda (164928 164931) | |
| Caradoc | USA (Wisconsin) | Protozyga nicolleti (55651) | |
| Turinian | USA (Oklahoma) | Protozyga elongata (186181) | |
| Turinian | USA (Missouri) | Zygospira nicolleti (175724 181091) | |
| Ashbyan | USA (Tennessee) | Protozyga rotunda (164924) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | Protozyga nicolleti (23788 23789 23790 23791 23792 23794) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Oklahoma) | Protozyga costata, Protozyga elongata, Protozyga magnicostata (23893) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Minnesota) | M. nicolleti (173874) Protozyga nicolleti (23273 23274) | |
| Blackriveran - Rocklandian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | Protozyga nicolleti (23795) | |
| Blackriveran - Rocklandian | USA (Minnesota) | Protozyga nicolleti (23276) | |
| Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | Protozyga nicolleti (23796) | |
| Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Protozyga diversa (89157) | |
| Rocklandian - Shermanian | USA (Minnesota) | Protozyga nicolleti (23277 23290) | |
| Burrellian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Protozyga diversa (165046) |