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Choiaella scotica
Taxonomy
Choiaella scotica was named by Beresi et al. (2010). Its type specimen is NMS G 2008.15.1, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton of discs and spicules), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Wallace's Cast, near Wandel, Southern Uplands, which is in a Caradoc offshore mudstone in the Kirkcolm Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Choiaella.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Choiaella scotica Beresi et al. |
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†Choiaella scotica Beresi et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. S. Beresi et al. 2010 | Small Choiaella with elliptical outline and smooth monoaxon spicules. Spicules that are up to 14 mm long are up to 0.06 mm in diameter; most spicules are large, with few fine spicules interspersed into the skeleton. |