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Shlyginia rectangularis
Taxonomy
Shlyginia rectangularis was named by Percival (2009). Its type specimen is MMF 44959, a valve (ventral valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is L142. Paling Yard Creek, Bowan Park, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Quondong Limestone Formation of Australia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Shlyginia rectangularis Percival pp. 166 - 168 figs. 9 A-X |
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†Shlyginia rectangularis Percival 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| I. G. Percival 2009 | Transversely rectangular, dorsoventrally compressed Shlyginia with distinctive V-shaped incision at posterolateral extremities of ventral valve; muscle scar extending to midlength of ventral valve; 2-3 pairs of discrete nodes present on platform of dorsal valve laterally between muscle fi eld and peripheral rim. |