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Epitomyonia paucitropida
Taxonomy
Epitomyonia paucitropida was named by Chen et al. (2008). Its type specimen is GSC 131794 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is section S-2, 45 km west of Dal Lake, Mackenzie Mountains, which is in a Katian carbonate limestone in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Epitomyonia paucitropida Chen et al. pp. 95 - 97 figs. 9A-S |
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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.
†Epitomyonia paucitropida Chen et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Chen et al. 2008 | Small, concavo-convex shells, with moderate medial invagination at anterior margin; dorsal ridges weak, transverse, wavy, forming anterior bounding ridges of adductor muscle scars. |
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Hirnantian or 452.80000 to 443.10000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Katian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Epitomyonia paucitropida (type locality: 162753) | |
| Hirnantian | Canada (Yukon) | Epitomyonia paucitropida (234053) |