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Limnostygis relictus
Taxonomy
Limnostygis relictus was named by Carroll (1967). Its type specimen is MCZ 3034, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Dominion Coal Co. strip mine No. 7, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D mire/swamp coal/shale in Canada. It is the type species of Limnostygis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Limnostygis relictus Carroll pp. 1256-1257 fig. 1,2,3 |
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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.
†Limnostygis relictus Carroll 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian C - Westphalian D | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Limnostygis relictus (type locality: 80111) |