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Waiparia elliptica
Taxonomy
Pachymagas ellipticus was named by Thomson (1918). Its type specimen is NMNZ Br1268, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Waiparia.
It was recombined as Waiparia elliptica by MacKinnon et al. (1993).
It was recombined as Waiparia elliptica by MacKinnon et al. (1993).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Pachymagas ellipticus Thomson |
| 1993 | Waiparia elliptica MacKinnon et al. p. 346 figs. 12.10-12.23 |
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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.
†Waiparia elliptica Thomson 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 13.9 |
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Duntroonian or 27.30000 to 25.20000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Duntroonian | New Zealand | Waiparia elliptica (152348 152355 152356 152358 152359) |