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Sphaerodoma
Taxonomy
Sphaerodoma was named by Keyes (1889). It is the type genus of Sphaerodomidae.
It was reranked as Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) by Reed (1944); it was synonymized subjectively with Ianthinopsis by Knight et al. (1960); it was synonymized subjectively with Strobeus by Harper (1981).
It was assigned to Macrochilina by Reed (1944); to Soleniscidae by Pan and Erwin (2002); to Strobeidae by Bandel (2002); and to Sphaerodomidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was reranked as Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) by Reed (1944); it was synonymized subjectively with Ianthinopsis by Knight et al. (1960); it was synonymized subjectively with Strobeus by Harper (1981).
It was assigned to Macrochilina by Reed (1944); to Soleniscidae by Pan and Erwin (2002); to Strobeidae by Bandel (2002); and to Sphaerodomidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1889 | Sphaerodoma Keyes p. 303 |
1944 | Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) Reed p. 338 |
2002 | Sphaerodoma Bandel |
2002 | Sphaerodoma Pan and Erwin |
2005 | Sphaerodoma Bouchet et al. p. 161 |
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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.
G. †Sphaerodoma Keyes 1889
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†Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) primigenia Conrad 1835
†Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) verisimilis Reed 1944
†Sphaerodoma klipparti Morningstar 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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shell height | 1 | 40.0 |
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Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Mississippian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 326.40000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Mississippian | USA (Alaska) | S. sp. (112183) | |
Moscovian | USA (Oklahoma) | S. gracilis (90784) | |
Sakmarian | India (Kashmir) | S. sp. (86542) | |
Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Macrochilina sp. (126699) Macrochilina verisimilis (126941) |