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Palaeopteria parvula
Taxonomy
Palaeopteria parvula was named by Whiteaves (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Inmost Island, Kinwow Bay, Lake Winnepeg, which is in a Maysvillian carbonate dolomite/chert in the Red River Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Palaeopteria.
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2015-10-25
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Palaeopteria parvula Whiteaves pp. 187 - 188 figs. Plate 20, figs. 1, 2 and 3 |
| 1996 | Palaeopteria parvula Cope p. 1017 |
| 2006 | Palaeopteria parvula Hoare and Pojeta p. 26 |
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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.
†Palaeopteria parvula Whiteaves 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Gamachian or 453.80000 to 443.10000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chatfieldian | USA (Kentucky) | Palaeopteria parvula (99334) | |
| Maysvillian | Canada (Manitoba) | Palaeopteria parvula (type locality: 174050) | |
| Gamachian | Canada (Manitoba) | Palaeopteria parvula (26358) |