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Martiniopsis punjabica
Taxonomy
Mentzelia punjabica was named by Reed (1944). Its type specimen is GSI 17063, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SE of Shahalanwali, Narsinghphoar, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Tomiopsis (Ambikella) punjabica by Waterhouse (1998); it was recombined as Martiniopsis punjabica by Shen et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Tomiopsis (Ambikella) punjabica by Waterhouse (1998); it was recombined as Martiniopsis punjabica by Shen et al. (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1944 | Mentzelia punjabica Reed p. 231 figs. Pl 31, fig 17 |
| 1998 | Tomiopsis (Ambikella) punjabica Waterhouse p. 9 |
| 2016 | Martiniopsis punjabica Shen et al. p. 533 |
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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.
†Martiniopsis punjabica Reed 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 11.0 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Mentzelia punjabica (type locality: 125887) |