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Taxonomy
Otapiria neuquensis was named by Damborenea (1987). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D13-Canadon La Pintada, South Neuquen, which is in a Pliensbachian marine siltstone in Argentina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Otapiria neuquensis Damborenea p. 156 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-5 |
| 2002 | Otapiria neuquensis Damborenea p. 21 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5; text-fig 8a |
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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.
†Otapiria neuquensis Damborenea 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Jamesoni or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Otapiria neuquensis (36943) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Chile | Otapiria neuquensis (95554) | |
| Jamesoni | Argentina (Mendoza) | Otapiria neuquensis (42771) | |
| Pliensbachian | Argentina (Neuquen) | Otapiria neuquensis (type locality: 33900 33901) | |
| Pliensbachian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Otapiria neuquensis (33720) |