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Costispinifera costata
Taxonomy
Avonia costata was named by King (1931) [Avonia walcottiana costata]. Its type specimen is T10282a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is University of Texas T240, Hill 5801, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Costispinifera costata by Cooper and Grant (1975).
It was recombined as Costispinifera costata by Cooper and Grant (1975).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Avonia costata King p. 83 figs. Pl 21, figs 8-13 |
| 1944 | Avonia costata Cloud p. 53 figs. Pl 17, figs 11,12 |
| 1960 | Costispinifera texana Muir-Wood and Cooper |
| 1975 | Costispinifera costata Cooper and Grant p. 992 |
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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.
†Costispinifera costata King 1931
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Invalid names: Costispinifera texana Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available