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Bockelia canalis
Taxonomy
Bockelia canalis was named by Benedetto (2015). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 25834, a valve (internal mold of dorsal 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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Bockelia canalis Benedetto pp. 99 - 100 fig. 8.1–16 |
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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.
†Bockelia canalis Benedetto 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. L. Benedetto 2015 | Shell small, transversely semielliptical; equiparvicostellate ornamentation of four to five rounded costellae per millimeter at commissure. Ventral platform extending for over 80% of valve length, less accentuated in the anteromedian part. Vascula media deeply impressed, almost straight, diverging from each other c. 60°. Cardinal process expanded posteriorly and joined with the socket ridges. Notothyrial platform low, unbounded anteriorly. Dorsal platform gradually developed through ontogeny, highly elevated and undercut medially, surmounted by a dorsal septum strongly raised and thickened anteriorly. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Darriwilian | Argentina (San Juan) | Bockelia canalis (195043 type locality: 195044) |