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Gyronema altispiralis
Taxonomy
Gyronema altispiralis was named by Grabau (1922) [Shansiella altispiralis Grabau in Yin 1932
Gyronema ? altispiralis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 50. Paloukou, Paotehsien, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate shale in the Taiyuan Formation of China. It is the type species of Shansiella.
It was recombined as Shansiella altispiralis by Yin (1932) and Knight et al. (1960).
It was recombined as Shansiella altispiralis by Yin (1932) and Knight et al. (1960).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Gyronema altispiralis Grabau p. 115 figs. pl. 2 f. 2-3 |
| 1931 | Gyronema altispiralis Grabau p. 490 |
| 1932 | Shansiella altispiralis Yin pp. 13 - 15 figs. pl. 2 f. 2-3 |
| 1960 | Shansiella altispiralis Knight et al. p. I212 fig. 124.7 |
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†Gyronema altispiralis Grabau 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available