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Mollistephanus cockroadensis
Taxonomy
Mollistephanus cockroadensis was named by Chandler and Dietze (2004). Its type specimen is SM # X29280., a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cockroad Farm near Beaminster, which is in a Bajocian marine carbonate in the Inferior Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2004 | Mollistephanus cockroadensis Chandler and Dietze pp. 223 - 226 figs. 3.1a, b, 3.2a, 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.
†Mollistephanus cockroadensis Chandler and Dietze 2004
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. B. Chandler and V. Dietze 2004 | Relatively large species of Mollistephanus with straight ribbing. Primary and secondary ribs equally well defined; ribbing style consistent throughout ontogeny |
Measurements
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References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 |
Age range: Early/Lower Bajocian or 171.60000 to 168.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Bajocian | United Kingdom (Dorset) | Mollistephanus cockroadensis (type locality: 202349) |