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Schizodus australis
Taxonomy
Neoschizodus australis was named by Runnegar (1969). Its type specimen is UQ F49665, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is L2786. Turisse Point, Durras South, which is in a Sakmarian shoreface sandstone in the Wasp Head Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Schizodus australis by Clarke (1992).
It was recombined as Schizodus australis by Clarke (1992).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Schizodus australis Runnegar 1969
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Runnegar 1969 | Triangular shells with rounded anterior and posterior margins, large teeth, and a well defined myophoric buttress behind the anterrior adductor muscle. |
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 1 | 18.5 | - | - | - | - | |
| valve height | 3 | 24.7 | 23.1 | 27.3 | 24.0 | 2.21 |
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Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sakmarian | Australia (Tasmania) | Schizodus australis (105478 105484 105490 105493 105495) | |
| Sakmarian | Australia (New South Wales) | Neoschizodus australis (133744 152057 152058 214494) |