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Scaphander (Kaitoa) duseni
Taxonomy
Scaphander (Kaitoa) duseni was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 441866, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IPS 443, Seymour Island, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Kaitoa haroldi, Kaitoa islandica, Kaitoa recta, S. alabamensis, S. altavillensis, S. ballista, S. ballistus, S. brongniarti, S. cosmophillus, S. cosmophilus, S. edwardsii, S. fortisi, S. fortisii, S. grateloupi, S. hilgardi, S. ickei, S. impuctatus, S. impuncatatus, S. komitica, S. langdoni, S. lignarius, S. lignarus, S. ligniticus, S. panaulax, S. paraensis, S. parisiensis, S. potomacensis, S. primus, S. rhenanus, S. richardsi, S. tarbelliana, S. watsoni, S. cryus, S. cyrus, S. grateloupi, S. lignarius
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Scaphander (Kaitoa) duseni Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 172 figs. Pl 25, figs d-f |
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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.
†Scaphander (Kaitoa) duseni Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||