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Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) alternata
Taxonomy
Sowerbyella alternata was named by Butts (1942). Its type specimen is USNM 97544a, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Eoplectodonta alternata by Cooper (1956); it was recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) alternata by Jin and Norford (1996).
It was recombined as Eoplectodonta alternata by Cooper (1956); it was recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) alternata by Jin and Norford (1996).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1942 | Sowerbyella alternata Butts p. 109 figs. pl. 95, figs. 22, 23, |
1956 | Eoplectodonta alternata Cooper pp. 808 - 810 figs. Plate 184, A, figures 1-3; plate 207, B, figures 2-25; plate 208, A, figures 1-18; plate 269, E, fig |
1996 | Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) alternata Jin and Norford pp. 38 - 39 figs. Plate 9, figures I4-27; Plate IO, figures I-5 |
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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.
†Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) alternata Butts 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009 |
Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Chatfieldian or 457.30000 to 451.00000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Turinian | Canada (British Columbia) | Eoplectodonta alternata (35426 192176 192177 192178 192179 192182 192195 192196 192197 192200) | |
Turinian | USA (Virginia) | Eoplectodonta alternata (76338 164197) | |
Mohawkian | USA (Nevada) | Eoplectodonta alternata (104488 186187) | |
Chatfieldian | USA (Virginia) | Eoplectodonta alternata (105205) |