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Plethospira rotunda
Taxonomy
Plethospira rotunda was named by Flower (1968). Its type locality is Nameless Canyon, just west of Ranger Peak, Franklin Mountains, which is in a Blackhillsian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Padre Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Plethospira.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Plethospira rotunda Flower pp. 18 - 19 figs. pl. 2 f. 14-16 |
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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.
†Plethospira rotunda Flower 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blackhillsian | USA (Texas) | Plethospira rotunda (type locality: 56486) |