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Pirania
Taxonomy
Pirania was named by Walcott (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-l Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 883]. It is not extant. Its type is Pirania muricata. It is the type genus of Piraniidae.
It was assigned to Hadromerida by Sepkoski (2002); to Demospongia by Bambach et al. (2007); and to Piraniidae by Finks et al. (2004), Botting (2007).
It was assigned to Hadromerida by Sepkoski (2002); to Demospongia by Bambach et al. (2007); and to Piraniidae by Finks et al. (2004), Botting (2007).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Pirania Walcott |
| 2002 | Pirania Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Pirania Finks et al. p. 21 |
| 2007 | Pirania Bambach et al. p. S80 |
| 2007 | Pirania Botting |
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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. †Pirania Walcott 1920
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†Pirania auraeum Botting 2007
†Pirania llanfawrensis Botting 2004
†Pirania muricata Walcott 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Caron and Jackson 2008, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | P. muricata (84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 121956 121957 121958 121959 121960 121961 121962 121965) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Canada (Brithish Columbia) | P. sp. (188664) | |
| St Davids | Canada (British Columbia) | P. muricata (122094) P. sp. (122017) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Utah) | P. sp. (230681) | |
| Tremadocian | Morocco | P. auraeum (96112) | |
| Floian - Dapingian | Morocco | P. auraeum (120549) | |
| Llandeilo | United Kingdom (Wales) | P. sp. (216511) | |
| Sandbian | United Kingdom (Wales) | P. llanfawrensis (120626) |