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Palaeoleptostrophia compressa
Taxonomy
Orthis compressa was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839). Its type specimen is GSM R6879, a valve (brachial valve), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Leptostrophia (Leptostrophia) compressa by Cocks (1967); it was recombined as Brachyprion compressa by Rong and Cocks (1994); it was recombined as Mesoleptostrophia (Mesoleptostrophia) compressa by Cocks (2008); it was recombined as Palaeoleptostrophia compressa by Cocks (2019).
It was recombined as Leptostrophia (Leptostrophia) compressa by Cocks (1967); it was recombined as Brachyprion compressa by Rong and Cocks (1994); it was recombined as Mesoleptostrophia (Mesoleptostrophia) compressa by Cocks (2008); it was recombined as Palaeoleptostrophia compressa by Cocks (2019).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1839 | Orthis compressa de Sowerby and Murchison p. 638 figs. pl. 22 f. 12 |
1967 | Leptostrophia (Leptostrophia) compressa Cocks pp. 248 - 252 figs. pl. 37. figs 1- 7 |
1994 | Brachyprion compressa Rong and Cocks p. 683 |
2008 | Mesoleptostrophia (Mesoleptostrophia) compressa Cocks p. 70 |
2019 | Palaeoleptostrophia compressa Cocks p. 57 |
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†Palaeoleptostrophia compressa de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available