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Wadispirifer grandis
Taxonomy
Neospirifer grandis was named by Archbold and Thomas (1986). Its type specimen is CPC24354, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR FL220, Luluigui Homestead, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Hardman Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Wadispirifer.
It was recombined as Wadispirifer grandis by Waterhouse (2004).
It was recombined as Wadispirifer grandis by Waterhouse (2004).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1986 | Neospirifer grandis Archbold and Thomas pp. 143-148 figs. 11A-F, 12A-E, 13A-D |
2004 | Wadispirifer grandis Waterhouse |
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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.
†Wadispirifer grandis Archbold and Thomas 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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shell height | 1 | 72.5 |
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 |
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Capitanian | Australia (Western Australia) | Neospirifer grandis (84601) | |
Wuchiapingian | Australia (Northern Territory) | Neospirifer grandis (74748 74749) | |
Wuchiapingian | Australia (Western Australia) | Neospirifer grandis (74745 74747 type locality: 84363 84600 85331) |