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Ceratopea lenticularis
Taxonomy
Proliospira lenticularis was named by Flower (1968). Its type locality is Cooks Range, Mimbres Mountains, which is in a Demingian/Cassinian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Cooks Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Proliospira.
It was recombined as Ceratopea lenticularis by Yochelson and Copeland (1974) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Ceratopea lenticularis by Yochelson and Copeland (1974) and Wagner (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Proliospira lenticularis Flower p. 12 figs. pl. 3 f. 14-25 |
| 1974 | Ceratopea lenticularis Yochelson and Copeland |
| 2023 | Ceratopea lenticularis Wagner |
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†Ceratopea lenticularis Flower 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available