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Charnia grandis
Taxonomy
Rangea grandis was named by Glaessner and Wade (1966) [DISTRIBUTION: Ediacaran; North America.]. Its type specimen is P12897 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Charnia grandis by Jenkins and Gehling (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Charnia masoni by Fedonkin et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Charnia grandis by Jenkins and Gehling (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Charnia masoni by Fedonkin et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1966 | Rangea grandis Glaessber and Wade p. 616 figs. pl. 100, fig. 5 |
| 1966 | Rangea grandis Glaessner and Wade p. 616 figs. pl. 100, fig. 5 |
| 1978 | Charnia grandis Jenkins and Gehling p. 16 |
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†Charnia grandis Glaessner and Wade 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available