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Christiania magna
Taxonomy
Christiania magna was named by Sheehan (1987). Its type specimen is IRScNB 1576, a valve (interior and exterior molds of dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 74B19, which is in a Rawtheyan deep-water shale in the Fosses Formation of Belgium.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Christiania magna Sheehan pp. 37 - 38 figs. pl. 11 f. 31-32; pl. 12 f. 1-17 |
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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.
†Christiania magna Sheehan 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Onnian - Cautleyan | Belgium | Christiania magna (185317) | |
| Ashgill | China (Jiangxi) | Christiania magna (186273 186276) | |
| Cautleyan | Belgium | Christiania magna (185312) | |
| Rawtheyan | Belgium | Christiania magna (185304 185307 185308 185309 type locality: 185315 185316) |