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Vacunella waterhousei
Taxonomy
Myonia waterhousei was named by Dun (1932). Its type specimen is AMF 6589, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Farley Railway Station, Farley (AM collection), which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Farley Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Australomya waterhousei by Runnegar (1969); it was recombined as Vacunella waterhousei by Runnegar (1967) and Waterhouse (1983).
It was recombined as Australomya waterhousei by Runnegar (1969); it was recombined as Vacunella waterhousei by Runnegar (1967) and Waterhouse (1983).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Myonia waterhousei Dun p. 412 figs. Pl. 52 f. 3 |
| 1967 | Vacunella waterhousei Runnegar p. 69 figs. Pl 10, fig 1 |
| 1969 | Australomya waterhousei Runnegar p. 285 |
| 1983 | Vacunella waterhousei Waterhouse p. 166 figs. Pl 5, fig 4 |
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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.
†Vacunella waterhousei Dun 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 50.5 | 38.0 | 69.0 | 51.0 | 12.2 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Clapham 2015 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian | Australia (New South Wales) | Myonia waterhousei, Vacunella waterhousei (132307) Vacunella waterhousei (136669) | |
| Artinskian | Australia (Queensland) | Vacunella waterhousei (39937) |