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Paralenorthis minusculus
Taxonomy
Orthis minusculus was named by Phleger (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is The Elbow of Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Badger Flat Formation of California.
It was recombined as Orthambonites minusculus by Cooper (1956), Greife and Langenheim (1963), Berry et al. (1979); it was recombined as Orthambonites minisculus by Ross (1970); it was recombined as Paralenorthis minusculus by Jaanusson and Bassett (1993).
It was recombined as Orthambonites minusculus by Cooper (1956), Greife and Langenheim (1963), Berry et al. (1979); it was recombined as Orthambonites minisculus by Ross (1970); it was recombined as Paralenorthis minusculus by Jaanusson and Bassett (1993).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Orthis minusculus Phleger, Jr. p. 7 figs. Plate II, FIgs. 6, 7 |
| 1956 | Orthambonites minusculus Cooper p. 305 |
| 1963 | Orthambonites minusculus Greife and Langenheim, Jr. p. 571 figs. Pl. 65, fig. 5 |
| 1970 | Orthambonites minisculus Ross |
| 1979 | Orthambonites minusculus Berry et al. p. 103 |
| 1993 | Paralenorthis minusculus Jaanusson and Bassett |
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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.
†Paralenorthis minusculus Phleger, Jr. 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Rangerian or 471.30000 to 470.30000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangerian | USA (Nevada) | Orthambonites minisculus (297 104448 104450 104452 104453 104460) | |
| Middle Ordovician | USA (California) | Orthambonites minisculus (226920) | |
| Whiterockian | USA (Nevada) | Orthambonites minisculus (104446 104447 104449 104451) Orthambonites minusculus (80062 80069) | |
| Whiterockian | USA (California) | Orthis minusculus (119483 205649 219321 219326) |