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Stenopora ovata
Taxonomy
Stenopora ovata was named by Lonsdale (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline), which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone/limestone in the Bundella Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Chaetetes ovata by Dana (1849).
It was recombined as Chaetetes ovata by Dana (1849).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Stenopora ovata Lonsdale p. 163 |
| 1849 | Chaetetes ovata Dana p. 712 figs. Pl 11, fig 9 |
| 1945 | Stenopora ovata Crockford p. 15 |
| 1945 | Stenopora pustulosa Crockford p. 16 figs. Pl 2, figs 2,3; text-figs 22,23 |
| 1968 | Stenopora ovata Wass p. 25 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4; pl 5, figs 1,4 |
| 1986 | Stenopora ovata Xia p. 237 figs. Pl 16, figs 8-10 |
| 2003 | Stenopora ovata Reid p. 113 fig. 47 |
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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.
†Stenopora ovata Lonsdale 1844
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Invalid names: Stenopora pustulosa Crockford 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. Lonsdale 1844 | Branched, branches oval; tubes relatively short, divergence great; mouths round; contractions or irregularities of growth numerous. |