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Plectropterna gracilis
Taxonomy
Plectropterna gracilis was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Roswell Field's Orchard, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1858 | Plectropterna gracilis Hitchcock p. 109 |
1871 | Plectropterna gracilis Hitchcock p. xxi |
1889 | Plectropterna gracilis Hitchcock p. 119 |
1894 | Plectropterna gracilis Lyman p. 206 |
1898 | Plectropterna gracilis Hitchcock p. 402 |
1902 | Plectropterna gracilis Hay p. 549 |
1930 | Plectropterna gracilis Hay p. 19 |
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†Plectropterna gracilis Hitchcock 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available