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Palaeozygopleura wortheni
Taxonomy
Loxonema wortheni was named by Weller (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.
It was recombined as Palaeozygopleura wortheni by Knight and Bridge (1944), Thein and Nitecki (1974) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Palaeozygopleura wortheni by Knight and Bridge (1944), Thein and Nitecki (1974) and Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Loxonema wortheni Weller p. 261 |
| 1944 | Palaeozygopleura wortheni Knight and Bridge p. 461 figs. pl. 187 f. 3-5 |
| 1974 | Palaeozygopleura wortheni Thein and Nitecki p. 184 figs. f. 81 |
| 2023 | Palaeozygopleura wortheni Wagner p. 6160 |
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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.
†Palaeozygopleura wortheni Weller 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, o = order | |||||
| Reference: Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: Chesterian or 335.50000 to 323.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chesterian | USA (Illinois) | Loxonema wortheni (type locality: 68188) Palaeozygopleura wortheni (59826) |