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Pilchenia lucina
Taxonomy
Pilchenia lucina was named by Ameghino (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
It was recombined as Palaeothentes lucina by Patterson and Marshall (1978).
It was recombined as Palaeothentes lucina by Patterson and Marshall (1978).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1904 | Pilchenia lucina Ameghino p. 110 |
| 1978 | Palaeothentes lucina Patterson and Marshall |
| 1993 | Pilchenia lucina Bown and Fleagle |
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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.
†Pilchenia lucina Ameghino 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||