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Floweria transversalis
Taxonomy
Floweria transversalis was named by Cooper and Dutro (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 200873, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 362a. On Iowa Highway 220, 0.3 mile west of Middle Amana, which is in a Frasnian marine shale in the Independence Shale Formation of Iowa.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1982 | Floweria transversalis Cooper and Dutro p. 55 figs. pl. 10 f. 41-46 |
2005 | Floweria transversalis Stigall Rode pp. 162, Table 4 |
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†Floweria transversalis Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982 | Concavo-convex Floweria having a large attachment surface, length two-thirds the width, anterior commissure uniplicate. |