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Cytherella araucana
Taxonomy
Cytherella araucana was named by Bertels (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northern Cuchilla West Sample NCW-12, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine claystone in the Jagüel Formation of Argentina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Cytherella araucana Bertels figs. 1a-b and 2 a-b |
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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.
†Cytherella araucana Bertels 1974
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Bertels 1974 | Cytherella with numerous small pits in the anterior, posterior and dorsal regions of the carapace. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Cytherella araucana (236602) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Cytherella araucana (type locality: 93947) | |
| Maastrichtian - Danian | Argentina (Rio Negro) | Cytherella araucana (236601) |