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Palaelophacmaea valentinei
Taxonomy
Palaelophacmaea valentinei was named by Waggoner and Collins (1995). Its type specimen is UCMP 398622 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 11406, southern Marble Mountains, which is in a Delamaran open shallow subtidal quartzite/siltstone in the Cadiz Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Palaelophacmaea valentinei Waggoner and Collins pp. 13 - 15 figs. Fig. 3A-G |
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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.
†Palaelophacmaea valentinei Waggoner and Collins 1995
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. M. Waggoner and A. G. Collins 1995 | Palaelophacmaea with distinctly anteriorly directed apex, subcircular outline, relatively high apex, inconsistent radial sinus most usual in larger specimens. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||