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Scaphorthis perplexa
Taxonomy
Scaphorthis perplexa was named by Cooper (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in an Ashbyan reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Scaphorthis perplexa Cooper |
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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.
†Scaphorthis perplexa Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turinian | Canada (British Columbia) | Scaphorthis perplexa (35426 192177 192182) | |
| Ashbyan | USA (Virginia) | Scaphorthis perplexa (type locality: 164296) | |
| Rocklandian | USA (Nevada) | Scaphorthis perplexa (331) |