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Lockeia

Taxonomy
Lockeia was named by James (1879). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Lockeia siliquaria.

It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975); and to Pelecypoda by Cónsole-Gonella et al. (2017).

Species
L. avalonensis, L. siliquaria (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Lockeia James
1975Lockeia Hantzschel
2017Lockeia Cónsole-Gonella et al. p. 335

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Ichnofossils
RankNameAuthor
genusLockeiaJames 1879

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.

G. †Lockeia James 1879
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Lockeia avalonensis Fillion and Pickerill 1990
Lockeia siliquaria James 1879
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Hantzschel 1975Small almond-shaped oblong bodies preserved in convex hyporelief; tapering to sharp and obtuse points at both ends; surface commonly smooth; most symmetrical; length varying from 2 to 12 mm.