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Kirkospira glacialis
Taxonomy
Kirkospira glacialis was named by Rohr and Blodgett (2001). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kirk locality 993, which is in a Gorstian/Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Willoughby Limestone Formation of Alaska. It is the type species of Kirkospira.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Kirkospira glacialis Rohr and Blodgett pp. 118 - 119 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-4; pl. 2 f. 1 |
| 2023 | Kirkospira glacialis Wagner p. 4014 |
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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.
†Kirkospira glacialis Rohr and Blodgett 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, o = order | |||||
| Reference: Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Ludfordian or 427.40000 to 423.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gorstian - Ludfordian | USA (Alaska) | Kirkospira glacialis (type locality: 55427 55428) | |
| Ludlow | USA (Alaska) | Kirkospira glacialis (85025) |