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Charniodiscus oppositus

Taxonomy
Charniodiscus oppositus was named by Jenkins and Gehling (1978). Its type specimen is F17337 and is a cast. Its type locality is Flinders Ranges, which is in an Ediacaran marine sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Charniodiscus oppositus Jenkins and Gehling pp. 354-356 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Arboreomorpha
RankNameAuthor
genusCharniodiscus
speciesoppositus

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.

†Charniodiscus oppositus Jenkins and Gehling 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available