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Liospira affinis
Taxonomy
Raphistoma affinis was named by Foerste (1887). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was corrected as Raphistoma affine by Foerste (1893); it was recombined as Raphistomina affinis by Stearn (1956); it was recombined as Liospira affinis by McLearn (1924), Wagner et al. (2007).
It was corrected as Raphistoma affine by Foerste (1893); it was recombined as Raphistomina affinis by Stearn (1956); it was recombined as Liospira affinis by McLearn (1924), Wagner et al. (2007).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Raphistoma affinis Foerste p. 95 figs. pl. 14 f. 18 |
| 1893 | Raphistoma affine Foerste p. 550 figs. pl. 28 f. 18; pl. 37 f. 1a-c |
| 1924 | Liospira affinis McLearn p. 144 figs. pl. 20 f. 26-27 |
| 1956 | Raphistomina affinis Stearn |
| 2007 | Liospira affinis Wagner et al. p. appendix |
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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.
†Liospira affinis Foerste 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Alexandrian or 443.10000 to 438.10000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhuddanian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Liospira affinis (3833 3834) | |
| Alexandrian | USA (Ohio) | Raphistoma affine (172921) Raphistoma affinis (172895) | |
| Llandovery | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Liospira affinis (3225) | |
| Silurian | Canada (Manitoba) | Raphistomina affinis (26727) | |
| Telychian - Wenlock | Canada (Manitoba) | Raphistomina affinis (26419) |