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Gotatrypa altera
Taxonomy
Gotatrypa altera was named by Boucot et al. (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 409965 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM loc. 12878, Red Amphitheatre, Funeral Mountains, which is in a Wenlock deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Hidden Valley Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1988 | Gotatrypa altera Boucot et al. pp. 118 - 119 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 18-30 |
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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.
†Gotatrypa altera Boucot et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. J. Boucot et al. 1988 | A small, lenticular species with impressed muscle scars. |
Measurements
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 |