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Taxonomy
Avicula gryphaeoides was named by Sowerby (1836). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Humbleton Quarry, Durham (Sedgwick coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Aucellina.
It was recombined as Aucellina gryphaeoides by Glaessner (1958) and Wild and Stilwell (2016).
It was recombined as Aucellina gryphaeoides by Glaessner (1958) and Wild and Stilwell (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1836 | Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby p. 335 figs. Pl 11, fig 3 |
| 1958 | Aucellina gryphaeoides Glaessner p. 203 figs. Pl 24, fig 1; text-fig 1 |
| 2016 | Aucellina gryphaeoides Wild and Stilwell p. 965 figs. 4.5, 4.6 |
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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.
†Aucellina gryphaeoides Sowerby 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available