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Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana
Taxonomy
Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108018, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 3029, Iniskin Bay, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana Imlay p. 74 figs. Pl 26, figs 3-6 |
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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.
†Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana Imlay 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 35.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 63.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 5.00 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||