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Cellaria gigas
Taxonomy
Cellaria gigas was named by Gordon and Taylor (2015). Its type specimen is IGNS BZ284 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, which is in an Eocene transition zone/lower shoreface tuff in New Zealand.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2015 | Cellaria gigas Gordon and Taylor p. 44 figs. 31C, 32A, B |
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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.
†Cellaria gigas Gordon and Taylor 2015
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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, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006 |
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Eocene | New Zealand (Chatham Island) | Cellaria gigas (type locality: 172944) |