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Wellerella multiplicata
Taxonomy
Wellerella multiplicata was named by Cooper (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 125467 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S87, Mills Sheep Camp, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creeks, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1957 | Wellerella multiplicata Cooper p. 49 figs. Pl 10, figs 7-11 |
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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.
†Wellerella multiplicata Cooper 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 2 | 8.42 | 7.80 | 9.10 | 8.45 | 0.919 |
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References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Kungurian or 313.80000 to 272.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Desmoinesian | USA (New Mexico) | Wellerella multiplicata (10079) | |
Kungurian | USA (Oregon) | Wellerella multiplicata (type locality: 41275) |