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Davidonia puppis
Taxonomy
Mackinnonia puppis was named by Høyberget et al. (2015). Its type specimen is PMO 227.699, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skyberg Farm (lower bed), which is in a Toyonian carbonate limestone in the Ringstrand Formation of Norway.
It was recombined as Davidonia puppis by Ebbestad et al. (2024).
It was recombined as Davidonia puppis by Ebbestad et al. (2024).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Mackinnonia puppis Høyberget et al. pp. 49 - 50 fig. 16A–J |
| 2024 | Davidonia puppis Ebbestad et al. p. 1868 |
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†Davidonia puppis Høyberget et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Høyberget et al. 2015 | A large species of Mackinnonia, with a laterally compressed, triangular shell where the apex is shifted slightly posteriorly. Internal moulds with 6 or more thick, rounded, comarginal ribs that are accentuated anteriorly and posteriorly by an upturned knob so as to give the impression of a boat shape in lateral view. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009 | |||||