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Lecanospira compacta
Taxonomy
Ophileta compacta was named by Salter (1859). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Lecanospira.
It was recombined as Lecanospira compacta by Butts (1926), Ulrich et al. (1931), Knight (1941), Butts (1941), Heller (1954), Sando (1957), Spelman (1966), Yochelson (1984), Desbiens et al. (1996), Wagner (1999), Rohr et al. (2003) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Lecanospira compacta by Butts (1926), Ulrich et al. (1931), Knight (1941), Butts (1941), Heller (1954), Sando (1957), Spelman (1966), Yochelson (1984), Desbiens et al. (1996), Wagner (1999), Rohr et al. (2003) and Wagner (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Ophileta compacta Billings p. 356 |
| 1859 | Ophileta compacta Salter pp. 10, 16 - 18 figs. pl. 3 |
| 1863 | Ophileta compacta Logan et al. pp. 102, 115 figs. f. 9a-b; f. 23a-b |
| 1865 | Ophileta compacta Billings p. 246 |
| 1889 | Ophileta compacta Lesley p. 499 figs. f. 23 |
| 1889 | Ophileta compacta Miller p. 413 |
| 1894 | Ophileta compacta Keyes p. 162 |
| 1926 | Lecanospira compacta Butts p. 94 figs. pl. 16 f. 1-2, 7-9 |
| 1931 | Lecanospira salteri Ulrich et al. |
| 1931 | Lecanospira sigmoidea Ulrich et al. |
| 1931 | Lecanospira compacta Ulrich et al. pp. 205 - 206 figs. pl. 22 f. 1 |
| 1931 | Lecanospira salteri Ulrich et al. p. 206 figs. pl. 22 f. 3 |
| 1931 | Lecanospira sigmoidea Ulrich et al. p. 206 figs. pl. 22 f. 2 |
| 1941 | Lecanospira compacta Butts |
| 1941 | Lecanospira compacta Knight p. 169 figs. pl. 76 f. 3a-c |
| 1954 | Lecanospira knoxvillensis Allen and Lester figs. pl. 3 f. 9 |
| 1954 | Lecanospira compacta Heller pp. 32, 35 figs. pl. 10 f. 9; pl. 11 f. 6-9 |
| 1957 | Lecanospira compacta Sando |
| 1966 | Lecanospira sigmoidea Spelman pp. 89, 92 |
| 1966 | Lecanospira compacta Spelman pp. 90 - 91 figs. pl. 18 f. 1-4, 6-7 |
| 1966 | Lecanospira salteri Spelman pp. 91 - 92 figs. pl. 18 f. 8-8 |
| 1984 | Lecanospira compacta Yochelson figs. f. 1H |
| 1996 | Lecanospira compacta Desbiens et al. p. 1140 figs. pl. 2 f. 16-18, 21 |
| 1999 | Lecanospira compacta Wagner |
| 2003 | Lecanospira compacta Rohr et al. pp. 130 - 131 figs. pl. 3 |
| 2023 | Lecanospira compacta Wagner p. 879 |
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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.
†Lecanospira compacta Salter 1859
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Invalid names: Lecanospira knoxvillensis Allen and Lester 1954 [synonym], Lecanospira salteri Ulrich et al. 1931 [synonym], Lecanospira sigmoidea Ulrich et al. 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available