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Willipteria falcata
Taxonomy
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) falcata was named by Boyd and Newell (2001). Its type specimen is USNM 431327, a valve (Left valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Willipteria falcata by Yancey (2024).
It was recombined as Willipteria falcata by Yancey (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Leptodesma (Leptodesma) falcata Boyd and Newell p. 4 figs. 1-4 |
| 2012 | Leptodesma (Leptodesma) falcata Quiroz-Barroso et al. p. 167 fig. 3.13 |
| 2024 | Willipteria falcata Yancey p. 121 |
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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.
†Willipteria falcata Boyd and Newell 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 21 | 8.26 | 3.90 | 18.2 | 8.50 | 3.66 |
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||