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Apheoorthis melita
Taxonomy
Leptaena melita was named by Hall and Whitfield (1877).
It was recombined as Eoorthis melita by Walcott (1912); it was recombined as Apheoorthis melita by Ulrich and Cooper (1938).
It was recombined as Eoorthis melita by Walcott (1912); it was recombined as Apheoorthis melita by Ulrich and Cooper (1938).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Leptaena melita Hall and Whitfield p. 208 figs. pl. 1 f. 13 |
| 1884 | Leptaena melita Walcott p. 22 |
| 1912 | Eoorthis melita Walcott p. 777 |
| 1938 | Apheoorthis melita Ulrich and Cooper p. 84 figs. Plate 11 A, figures 1-4 |
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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.
†Apheoorthis melita Hall and Whitfield 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Skullrockian or 486.85000 to 483.40000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Skullrockian | USA (Utah) | Apheoorthis melita (104161) | |
| Ibexian | USA (Nevada) | Apheoorthis melita (222067) | |
| Tremadocian | USA (Utah) | Apheoorthis melita (219669) |