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Onuphionella durhami
Taxonomy
Onuphionella durhami was named by Signor and McMenamin (1988). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is UCMP 38098, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. M-7287, south side of Payson Canyon, White-Inyo Mountains, which is in a Begadean offshore siliciclastic in the Campito Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Onuphionella durhami Signor and McMenamin p. 237 figs. Figure 3 |
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†Onuphionella durhami Signor and McMenamin 1988
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. W. Signor and M. A. S. McMenamin 1988 | Flexible, membranous tubes ornamented with platy detrital grains arrayed in irregular rows transverse to tube axis; mica flakes lie flat on tube surface, partially overlying adjacent grain on one side and overlain by adjacent grain on other side; size of mineral grains consistent on a given tube but differs between tubes. |
Measurements
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