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Saukrodictya tormoensis
Taxonomy
Saukrodictya tormoensis was named by Villas (1992). Its type specimen is MPZ 4702 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Catalina Hill. 08 meters, which is in a Berounian/Vinice sand shoal grainstone/shale in the Fombuena Formation of Spain.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Saukrodictya tormoensis Villas pp. 784 - 485 figs. 7.9, 7.12-7.24 |
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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.
†Saukrodictya tormoensis Villas 1992
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E Villas 1992 | Species of Saukrodictya with ventribiconvex shell and persistent rounded median ventral fold and dorsal sulcus; dorsal valve 66 percent as long as valve width, ornamented by 5-6 ribs per 2 mm anteromedially, with predominant internal branching in sectors I-III and 2-3 costellae developed by the 4 mm growth stage in 2 of the 3 first sectors; oval exopunctae with largest axis radially arranged and up to 0.07 mm long; ventral muscle field 22 percent as long as valve length; notothyrial platform 20 percent as long as valve length, continuous anteriorly with broad medial ridge; dorsal muscle scars only very slightly laterally delimited. |