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Sphenosphaera troosti
Taxonomy
Bellerophon troosti was named by de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny (1840) [Bellerophon troosti d’Orbigny in de Ferrusac & d’Orbigny 1840]. Its type specimen is USNM 45711, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Sphenosphaera troosti by Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Sphenosphaera troosti by Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Bellerophon troosti de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny p. 206 |
| 1869 | Bellerophon troosti Safford p. 288 figs. pl. G f. 4a-d |
| 1897 | Bellerophon troosti Ulrich and Scofield pp. 915 - 916 figs. pl. 64 f. 1-5 |
| 1909 | Bellerophon troosti Bassler |
| 1909 | Bellerophon troosti Grabau and Shimer |
| 1923 | Bellerophon troosti Foerste p. 78 |
| 1932 | Bellerophon troosti Bassler |
| 1944 | Bellerophon troosti Knight and Bridge p. 443 figs. pl. 178 f. 12-14 |
| 1948 | Bellerophon troosti Wilson figs. pl. 10 f. 7-9 |
| 1949 | Bellerophon troosti Wilson figs. pl. 20 f. 7-9 |
| 1992 | Sphenosphaera troosti Wahlman pp. 168 - 170 figs. pl. 29 f. 1-22 |
| 2023 | Sphenosphaera troosti Wagner p. 414 |
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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.
†Sphenosphaera troosti de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available