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Paleowaagia cooperi
Taxonomy
Paleowaagia cooperi was named by Newell and Boyd (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 154995, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM702, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Paleowaagia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Paleowaagia cooperi Newell and Boyd p. 269 figs. 7F, G, 28-32 |
| 1977 | Paleowaagia cooperi Termier and Termier p. 83 figs. Pl 16, fig 11; text-fig 40 |
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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.
†Paleowaagia cooperi Newell and Boyd 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 40.1 | 19.7 | 61.8 | 53.0 | 22.2 | |
| valve height | 7 | 25.5 | 12.0 | 39.7 | 30.2 | 9.09 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | Paleowaagia cooperi (43469 43473 43474 43478 43479) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Paleowaagia cooperi (43579 75885) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Paleowaagia cooperi (type locality: 43491 43562 101785) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Paleowaagia cooperi (43553 43613 81693 101783 101807 102603) | |
| Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Paleowaagia cooperi (42097) |