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Martiniopsis salaria
Taxonomy
Mentzelia salaria was named by Reed (1944). Its type specimen is GSI 17064, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Just N of Nanga Mirkalan, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian carbonate limestone in Pakistan.
It was recombined as Martiniopsis salaria by Shen et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Martiniopsis salaria by Shen et al. (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1944 | Mentzelia salaria Reed p. 232 figs. Pl 50, fig 1 |
| 2016 | Martiniopsis salaria 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 salaria Reed 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 10.0 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Pakistan | Mentzelia salaria (type locality: 127014) |