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Hesperorthis onniensis
Taxonomy
Hesperorthis onniensis was named by Whittard and Barker (1950). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shropshire, Purple Shale, which is in a Telychian marine shale/limestone in the Purple Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1950 | Hesperorthis onniensis Whittard and Barker |
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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.
†Hesperorthis onniensis Whittard and Barker 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Llandovery | United Kingdom | Hesperorthis onniensis (72416) | |
| Telychian | United Kingdom (England) | Hesperorthis onniensis (type locality: 72417) |