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Proterotainia montana
Taxonomy
Proterotainia montana was named by Walter et al. (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 210911, an other, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sawmill Canyon, which is in a Calymmian offshore ramp shale/siltstone in the Greyson Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Proterotainia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Proterotainia montana Walter et al. p. 874 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 1a,b |
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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.
†Proterotainia montana Walter et al. 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||