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Schizodus japonicus
Taxonomy
Myophoria japonica was named by Hayasaka (1925). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinshozan, Kuro zone, Akasaka, Gifu Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.
It was recombined as Schizodus japonicus by Nakazawa and Newell (1968).
It was recombined as Schizodus japonicus by Nakazawa and Newell (1968).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Myophoria japonica Hayasaka p. 16 figs. Pl 8, fig 14 |
| 1968 | Schizodus japonicus Nakazawa and Newell p. 27 |
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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 japonicus Hayasaka 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| valve height | 1 | 35.0 |
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Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 264.28000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | Japan | Myophoria japonica (type locality: 109637) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Schizodus japonicus (233708) |