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Athleta pygmaea
Taxonomy
Volutilithes (Athleta) pygmaeus was named by Bellardi (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was corrected as Volutilithes (Athleta) pygmaea by Ferrero-Mortara (1981); it was recombined as Athleta pygmaea by Sacco (1904) and Harzhauser (2004).
It was corrected as Volutilithes (Athleta) pygmaea by Ferrero-Mortara (1981); it was recombined as Athleta pygmaea by Sacco (1904) and Harzhauser (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1890 | Volutilithes (Athleta) pygmaeus Bellardi p. 15 figs. pl. 1, figs. 17a-d |
1904 | Athleta pygmaea Sacco p. 90 |
1981 | Volutilithes (Athleta) pygmaea Ferrero-Mortara fig. 175 |
2004 | Athleta pygmaea Harzhauser p. 139 |
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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.
†Athleta pygmaea Bellardi 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available