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Animikiea beltensis
Taxonomy
Siphonophycus beltensis was named by Horodyski (1980). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is USNM 264573, coordinates 23.0x/27.1y and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East side of Highway 89 (119 m above contact), which is in a Calymmian marine shale in the Newland Formation of Montana.
It was recombined as Animikiea beltensis by Mandal and Maithy (1984).
It was recombined as Animikiea beltensis by Mandal and Maithy (1984).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Siphonophycus beltensis Horodyski p. 654 figs. Pl 1, fig 4; text-fig 6B |
| 1984 | Animikiea beltensis Mandal and Maithy p. 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.
†Animikiea beltensis Horodyski 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: p = phylum | |||||
| Reference: Vachard and Aretz 2004 | |||||