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Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona
Taxonomy
Dinorthis carletona was named by Twenhofel (1928) [The holotype, GSC 2030k, and two paratypes, YPM10356 and YPM11129, are from Carleton Point, Anticosti Island, Homard Member (informal), upper Vauréal Formation, upper Richmondian (upper Katian).]. Its type specimen is GSC 2030k, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona by Schuchert and Cooper (1932); it was recombined as Plaesiomys carletona by Bolton (1972) and Jin and Zhan (2008); it was misspelled as Plaesiomys carltona by Wright and Stigall (2013).
It was recombined as Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona by Schuchert and Cooper (1932); it was recombined as Plaesiomys carletona by Bolton (1972) and Jin and Zhan (2008); it was misspelled as Plaesiomys carltona by Wright and Stigall (2013).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Dinorthis carletona Twenhofel p. 182 figs. Pl. 16, figs. 4-8 |
| 1932 | Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona Schuchert and Cooper p. 212 figs. pl. 9, fig. 13 |
| 1972 | Plaesiomys carletona Bolton p. 24 figs. fig. 7 |
| 2008 | Plaesiomys carletona Jin and Zhan pp. 21 - 23 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 1–13; Pl. 11, figs. 1–8; Pl. 12, figs. 1–17; Pl. 13, figs. 1–20; Fig. 10 |
| 2013 | Plaesiomys carltona Wright and Stigall |
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†Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona Twenhofel 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available