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Ripleyella elevata
Taxonomy
Ornopsis elevata was named by Wade (1916) [m. kosnik taxon no: 3009]. Its type specimen is USNM 32884, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ornopsis (Ripleyella).
It was recombined as Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata by Sohl (1964); it was recombined as Ripleyella elevata by Harbison (1945), Kiel and Perrillat (2004).
It was recombined as Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata by Sohl (1964); it was recombined as Ripleyella elevata by Harbison (1945), Kiel and Perrillat (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Ornopsis elevata Wade p. 464 figs. pl 24, figs. 2, 3. |
| 1945 | Ripleyella elevata Harbison |
| 1964 | Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata Sohl p. 216 figs. Pl 29, figs 22-25 |
| 2004 | Ripleyella elevata Kiel and Perrillat pp. 204 - 205 figs. 5. 10-11 |
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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.
†Ripleyella elevata Wade 1916
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| N. F. Sohl 1964 | Slim fusiform shells possessing numerous close-spaced fine spiral lirae covering the shell surface, but weak over the collar area of the body whorl; siphonal canal very elongate. |
Measurements
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Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Tennessee) | Ornopsis elevata (88357) |