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Hesperinia kirki
Taxonomy
Hesperinia kirki was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 117626a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monument Canyon, Ely Springs Range, west of Pioche, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Tank Hill Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Hesperinia.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1956 | Hesperinia kirki Cooper pp. 822 - 823 figs. Plate 213, E, figure 25; plate 229,0, figures 9-15 |
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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.
†Hesperinia kirki Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available