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Westerna gigantea
Taxonomy
Loxonema gigantea was named by Webster (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Westerna.
It was recombined as Westernia gigantea by Fenton and Fenton (1924); it was recombined as Westerna gigantea by Webster (1905), Knight (1941), Day (1987) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Westernia gigantea by Fenton and Fenton (1924); it was recombined as Westerna gigantea by Webster (1905), Knight (1941), Day (1987) and Wagner (2023).
Subspecies
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1888 | Loxonema gigantea Webster p. 445 |
1888 | Loxonema crassum Webster p. 446 |
1905 | Westerna gigantea Webster pp. 54- 55 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-2; pl. 3 f. 7-8 |
1924 | Westernia gigantea Fenton and Fenton pp. 187 - 188 figs. pl. 44 f. 4-5; pl. 45 f. 1-2 |
1941 | Westerna gigantea Knight |
1987 | Westerna gigantea Day |
2023 | Westerna gigantea Wagner p. 3743 |
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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.
†Westerna gigantea Webster 1888
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Invalid names: Westerna crassum Webster 1888 [synonym]
†Westerna gigantea owenensis Webster 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 |