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Wyattia reedensis
Taxonomy
Wyattia reedensis was named by Taylor (1966). Its type specimen is UCMP 33256a-f, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. B-9877, White-Inyo Mountains, which is in an Ediacaran carbonate dolomite/carbonate in the Reed Formation of California. It is the type species of Wyattia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Wyattia reedensis Taylor p. 200 figs. 2, 3 |
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†Wyattia reedensis Taylor 1966
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. E. Taylor 1966 | Small conical shells with bulbous initial termini inclined at an angle to the main growth axis. Shell containing a conically shaped internal structure separated (?) from the outer shell. |
Measurements
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