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Tarfaya grandis
Taxonomy
Eoorthis grandis was named by Harrington (1938) [= 1938 Nanorthis saltensis (Kayser); Ulrich and Cooper, p. 91, pl. 12E, figs. 15-18.]. Its type specimen is SEGEMAR 11060-e,, a valve (internal mould of dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Nanorthis grandis by Castellaro (1963); it was recombined as Tarfaya grandis by Villas and Herrera (2013).
It was recombined as Nanorthis grandis by Castellaro (1963); it was recombined as Tarfaya grandis by Villas and Herrera (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Eoorthis grandis Harrington p. 129 figs. pl. 2, figs. 12, 15, 17 and 18. |
| 1963 | Nanorthis grandis Castellaro pp. 140-141 |
| 2013 | Tarfaya grandis Villas and Herrera pp. 120 - 122 figs. 1.A-J |
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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.
†Tarfaya grandis Harrington 1938
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Villas and Z. A. Herrera 2013 | Tarfaya species with transversely elongated suboval outline, ventral and dorsal muscle fields large for the genus, and ribs of rounded cross-section |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||