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Diozoptyxis ursana
Taxonomy
Diozoptyxis ursana was named by Saul and Squires (1998). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7908 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 10905, Bear Creek, which is in a Coniacian shoreface sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Diozoptyxis ursana Saul and Squires p. 470 figs. Plate I, figures 1-6 |
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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.
†Diozoptyxis ursana Saul and Squires 1998
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 1998 | A Diozoptyxis with the posterior carina prominent and having larger nodes, the anterior one weaker with smaller, weaker nodes becoming obsolete. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||