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Leptocoelia murphyi
Taxonomy
Leptocoelia murphyi was named by Johnson (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 157105 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 10726. Head of McColley Canyon, Sulphur Spring Range, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the McColley Canyon Formation of Nevada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Leptocoelia murphyi Johnson pp. 165 - 168 figs. Pl. 45, figs. 13-19; Pl. 46, figs. 1-21 |
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†Leptocoelia murphyi Johnson 1970
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. G. Johnson 1970 | Large, strongly biconvex Leptocoelia with few growth lamellae over most of the valve and with a relatively narrow ventral diductor field. |