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Taxonomy
Palaeoglossa minima was named by Benedetto (2015). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 25792, a valve (internal mold of ventral valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro La Chilca Section Palaeoglossa–Chilcorthis Association, which is in a Darriwilian deep-water shale/marl in the Los Azules Formation of Argentina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Palaeoglossa minima Benedetto pp. 81 - 82 fig. 3.1–9 |
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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.
†Palaeoglossa minima Benedetto 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. L. Benedetto 2015 | Shell small, roundly subtriangular. Pseudointerarea proportionally high, 12–14% of valve length, divided by narrow and deep almost parallel-sided pedicle groove. Umbonal muscle scars suboval, slightly divergent. Inner surface with scattered coarse pits irregularly distributed. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Darriwilian | Argentina (San Juan) | Palaeoglossa minima (type locality: 195044) |