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Rasstriga americana
Taxonomy
Rasstriga americana was named by Aristov and Rasnitsyn (2012). Its type specimen is FMNH 26367, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Rasstriga.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Rasstriga americana Aristov and Rasnitsyn p. 59 figs. Pl 8, fig 7; text-fig 4c |
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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.
†Rasstriga americana Aristov and Rasnitsyn 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Rasstriga americana (type locality: 112638) |