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Cassiavellia squamifera
Taxonomy
Pteria squamifera was named by Girty (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3763 green, Comanche Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Cassiavellia squamifera by Temkin and Pojeta (2010).
It was recombined as Cassiavellia squamifera by Temkin and Pojeta (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Pteria squamifera Girty p. 427 figs. Pl 31, figs 11,11a |
| 2010 | Cassiavellia squamifera Temkin and Pojeta p. 1166 fig. 15 |
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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.
†Cassiavellia squamifera Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| valve height | 1 | 13.8 |
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||