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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).
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
Year | Name and author |
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1879 | Lockeia James |
1975 | Lockeia Hantzschel |
2017 | Lockeia Cónsole-Gonella et al. p. 335 |
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G. †Lockeia James 1879
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†Lockeia avalonensis Fillion and Pickerill 1990
†Lockeia siliquaria James 1879
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. Hantzschel 1975 | Small 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. |