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Xestotrema pulchrum
Taxonomy
Spirifera pulchra was named by Meek (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pass east of Ruby Valley, which is in a Guadalupian carbonate limestone in Nevada.
It was recombined as Spirifer (Spiriferina) pulcher by Meek (1876); it was recombined as Spiriferina pulchra by Meek (1877); it was recombined as Punctospirifer pulchra by Miller and Cline (1934); it was recombined as Punctospirifer pulcher by Gordon and Merriam (1961); it was recombined as Xestotrema pulchrum by Cooper and Grant (1969), Cooper and Grant (1976) and Wardlaw (1977).
It was recombined as Spirifer (Spiriferina) pulcher by Meek (1876); it was recombined as Spiriferina pulchra by Meek (1877); it was recombined as Punctospirifer pulchra by Miller and Cline (1934); it was recombined as Punctospirifer pulcher by Gordon and Merriam (1961); it was recombined as Xestotrema pulchrum by Cooper and Grant (1969), Cooper and Grant (1976) and Wardlaw (1977).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Spirifera pulchra Meek p. 310 |
| 1876 | Spirifer (Spiriferina) pulcher Meek p. 352 figs. Pl 2, fig 1 |
| 1877 | Spiriferina pulchra Meek p. 85 figs. Pl 8, figs 11,12 |
| 1934 | Punctospirifer pulchra Miller and Cline p. 287 |
| 1961 | Punctospirifer pulcher Gordon, Jr. and Merriam |
| 1969 | Xestotrema pulchrum Cooper and Grant p. 16 figs. Pl 4, figs 15-19 |
| 1976 | Xestotrema pulchrum Cooper and Grant p. 2749 figs. Pl 726, figs 1-35 |
| 1977 | Xestotrema pulchrum Wardlaw figs. Pl 13, figs 69-73; Pl 15, figs 16-26 |
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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.
†Xestotrema pulchrum Meek 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Leonardian to the top of the Capitanian or 286.00000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (127 total)