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Eohemithyris miriaensis
Taxonomy
Eohemithyris miriaensis was named by Craig (1999). Its type specimen is WAM 96.818, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gully 500 m northwest of West Tank, Giralia Station, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate sandstone in the Miria Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1999 | Eohemithyris miriaensis Craig p. 415 figs. 4a-f |
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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.
†Eohemithyris miriaensis Craig 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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shell height | 1 | 6.60 |
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 |
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Maastrichtian | Australia (Western Australia) | Eohemithyris miriaensis (type locality: 153499 153500) |