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Plectorthis mazourkaensis
Taxonomy
Plectorthis mazourkaensis was named by Phleger (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Badger Flat Formation of California.
It was recombined as Orthis mazourkensis by Langenheim et al. (1956); it was recombined as Orthambonites mazourkensis by Berry et al. (1979).
It was recombined as Orthis mazourkensis by Langenheim et al. (1956); it was recombined as Orthambonites mazourkensis by Berry et al. (1979).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Plectorthis mazourkaensis Phleger, Jr. p. 9 figs. Plate II, Figs, 3, 4, 5 |
| 1956 | Plectorthis mazourkaensis Cooper p. 450 |
| 1956 | Orthis mazourkensis Langenheim, Jr. et al. p. 2089 |
| 1963 | Plectorthis mazourkaensis Greife and Langenheim, Jr. p. 571 figs. Pl. 65, fig. 11A |
| 1979 | Orthambonites mazourkensis Berry et al. p. 103 |
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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.
†Plectorthis mazourkaensis Phleger, Jr. 1933
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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: Middle Ordovician or 470.00000 to 458.40000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Ordovician | USA (California) | Orthambonites mazourkensis (425 196132 196135 226919 226920 226921) | |
| Whiterockian | USA (California) | Orthambonites mazourkensis (104319 104320) Orthis mazourkensis (205397) Plectorthis mazourkaensis (119484 type locality: 205650) |