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Manespira magnicostata
Taxonomy
Protozyga magnicostata was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 117245a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Manespira magnicostata by Copper (1986).
It was recombined as Manespira magnicostata by Copper (1986).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Manespira magnicostata Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. A. Cooper 1956 | Shell resembling P. costata but length and width nearly equal; widest at or near the middle; sides strongly rounded; anterior margin somewhat broadly rounded; anterior commissure faintly sulcate; surface paucicostate, 2 strong costae marking the sulcus, 3 on the fold, and 2 or 3 on the flanks. Median costa of fold usually depressed and corresponding with furrow between costae occupying sulcus. Costae strong. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blackriveran | USA (Oklahoma) | Protozyga magnicostata (23893) |