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Basslerella obesa
Taxonomy
Basslerella obesa was named by Kellett (1935). Its type specimen is USNM 90124, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 6 miles S by SW of Topeka, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Wakarusa Formation of Kansas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Basslerella obesa Kellett p. 156 figs. Pl 17, fig 6 |
| 1986 | Basslerella obesa Chen and Bao p. 121 figs. Pl 1, fig 30 |
| 1987 | Basslerella obesa Shi and Chen p. 54 figs. Pl 13, figs 24-27 |
| 1995 | Basslerella obesa Lethiers et al. fig. 3N |
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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.
†Basslerella obesa Kellett 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available