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Taxonomy
Anofia aro was named by Reyment (1955). Its type specimen is BMNH L.82970, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Afikpo district, which is in a Maastrichtian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in Nigeria. It is the type species of Anofia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Anofia aro Reyment p. 146 figs. Pl 4, figs 2a,b, 3, 4; text-fig 1 |
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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.
†Anofia aro Reyment 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Coniacian | Congo-Brazzaville | Anofia aro (1368) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian | Congo-Brazzaville | Anofia aro (191892) | |
| Campanian | Congo-Brazzaville | Anofia aro (191894) Meretrix oldhamiana (209620) | |
| Maastrichtian | Nigeria | Anofia aro (1329 type locality: 1361) | |
| Maastrichtian | Algeria | Anofia aro (1344) |