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Valettaster digitatus
Taxonomy
Sphaerites digitatus was named by Quenstedt (1858).
It was recombined as Sphaeraster digitatus by Fraas (1910); it was recombined as Valettaster digitatus by Breton (1985) and Gale (2021).
It was recombined as Sphaeraster digitatus by Fraas (1910); it was recombined as Valettaster digitatus by Breton (1985) and Gale (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Sphaerites digitatus Quenstedt p. 726 figs. pl. 88, fig. 48-52 |
| 1876 | Sphaerites digitatus Quenstedt pp. 115-117 figs. pl. 94, fig. 122-142, 145 |
| 1906 | Sphaerites digitatus Schöndorf p. 270 |
| 1910 | Sphaeraster digitatus Fraas p. 132 figs. pl. 28, fig. 23 |
| 1985 | Valettaster digitatus Breton p. 93 |
| 2021 | Valettaster digitatus Gale p. 734 figs. Fig. 22A–D, G, J |
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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.
†Valettaster digitatus Quenstedt 1858
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A.S. Gale 2021 | Abactinals large, flat, bearing irregularly developed digitate processes on margins; outer surfaces with sculpture of dense, evenly sized, crater-rimmed pits. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available