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Chelodes whitehousei
Taxonomy
Chelodes whitehousei was named by Runnegar et al. (1979). Its type specimen is University of Queensland F30894 (valves) and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 46. UQL 311. Mount Datson, 50 kilometers east northeast of Boulia, which is in a Warendian carbonate limestone in the Ninmaroo Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Chelodes whitehousei Runnegar et al. pp. 1388 – 1389 figs. Pl. 2 figs. 1-59 |
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†Chelodes whitehousei Runnegar et al. 1979
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Runnegar et al. 1979 | Medium-sized species of Chelodes with elongate, dorsally convex plates which may be massively thickened in later life; ventral surfaces of plates weakly to deeply concave. |
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| References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2003 | |||||