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Tautosia elegans
Taxonomy
Pugnax elegans was named by Girty (1908) [Lectotype selected by Cooper & Grant (1976a)]. Its type specimen is USNM 118565, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Pugnoides elegans by King (1931); it was recombined as Wellerella elegans by Walter (1953) and Stehli (1954); it was recombined as Tautosia elegans by Cooper and Grant (1976).
It was recombined as Pugnoides elegans by King (1931); it was recombined as Wellerella elegans by Walter (1953) and Stehli (1954); it was recombined as Tautosia elegans by Cooper and Grant (1976).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1908 | Pugnax elegans Girty p. 15 figs. 13-14a |
1909 | Pugnax elegans Girty p. 15 figs. 13-14a |
1931 | Pugnoides elegans King figs. pl. 33, figs. 12-13 |
1953 | Wellerella elegans Walter p. 689 figs. Pl 71, figs 5-7,14-17 |
1954 | Wellerella elegans Stehli p. 335 figs. Pl 25, figs 13-17 |
1976 | Tautosia elegans Cooper and Grant p. 1975 figs. Pl 519, fig 24; pl 523, figs 33-51; pl 553, fig 40; pl 780, figs 66-68 (in part V) |
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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.
†Tautosia elegans Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available