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Wichmannella cretacea
Taxonomy
Wichmannella cretacea was named by Bertels (1974). Its type specimen is FCEN-LM 696, a carapace (Female carapace), and 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 | Wichmannella cretacea Bertels figs. 5-7 8a-6 |
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†Wichmannella cretacea Bertels 1974
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Bertels 1974 | Wichmannella with somewhat compressed posterior and posteroventral margins. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Wichmannella cretacea (type locality: 93947) | |
| Maastrichtian - Danian | Argentina (Rio Negro) | Wichmannella cretacea (236601) |