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Defordia
Taxonomy
Defordia was named by King (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm P Leon-u Sepkoski's reference number: 203]. Its type is Defordia defuncta.
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chiastoclonellidae by Finks et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chiastoclonellidae by Finks et al. (2004).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Defordia King p. 16 |
| 2002 | Defordia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Defordia Finks et al. p. 122 |
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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. †Defordia King 1943
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†Defordia defuncta King 1943
†Defordia densa Finks 1960
†Defordia digitata Rigby 1984
†Defordia foliata Rigby 1984
†Defordia lobata Finks 1960
†Defordia verrucula Rigby 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kungurian | Venezuela (Merida) | D. digitata, D. verrucula (41507) D. foliata (41510 41511) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | D. defuncta (43491 43494 43515 43534) D. densa (108347 108349 108351 108352 108353 108354 108357 108359 108365 108367 108368 108370 108372 108375 108376 108385) D. lobata (43566) D. sp., D. densa (43574) |