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Taxonomy
Porterfieldia maanssonae was named by Edgecombe et al. (2005). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 21408, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Río Gualcamayo, which is in an Arenig offshore shelf limestone/shale in the Gualcamayo Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Porterfieldia maanssonae Edgecombe et al. p. 94 figs. Fig. 4.1, 4.9 |
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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.
†Porterfieldia maanssonae Edgecombe et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009 | |||||