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Ampyxina lanceola
Taxonomy
Ampyxina lanceola was named by Whittington (1959) [Paratypes: USNM 137693a-c]. Its type specimen is USNM 137692, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 16, junction Hwy 617 and 753, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1959 | Ampyxina lanceola Whittington p. 486 figs. Pl. 34, figs. 14-17 |
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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.
†Ampyxina lanceola Whittington 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available