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Taxonomy
Westonia superba was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 116780b and is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1956 | Westonia superba Cooper pp. 209 - 210 figs. Plate 11, E, figures 9, 10 |
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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.
†Westonia superba Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009 |