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Westgardia gigantea

Taxonomy
Westgardia gigantea was named by Rowland and Carlson (1983). Its type specimen is USNM 365111, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Poleta Formation, Blanco Mountain, which is in a Dyeran marine limestone in the Poleta Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Westgardia gigantea Rowland and Carlson p. 1317 figs. Figure 3, Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
genusWestgardia
RankNameAuthor
speciesgigantea

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.

†Westgardia gigantea Rowland and Carlson 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (California) Westgardia gigantea (type locality: 9587)