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Caneyella richardsoni
Taxonomy
Caneyella richardsoni was named by Girty (1909) [TYPE LOCALITY: United States; Late Mississippian.]. It is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Caneyella richardsoni Girty |
| 1993 | Caneyella richardsoni Hoare p. 380 figs. 3.13 – 3.15 |
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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.
†Caneyella richardsoni Girty 1909
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. D. Hoare 1993 | Caneyella with hingeline shorter than greatest length of valve; small prosogyrate beaks which extend slightly above hingeline at about one-tenth length from anterior extremity; umbos slightly inflated, umbonal shoulder diverges from hingeline at angle of about 28˚; small anterior lobe curves narrowly into broadly convex ventral, margin; convex posterior margin forms obtuse angle with hingeline; surface of thin shell material ornamented by numerous (50±), fine, radiating costae which increase by bifurcation; costae on dorsoposterior area slightly larger and more widely spaced than on rest of valve; numerous comarginal growth lines present. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chesterian | USA (Arkansas) | Caneyella richardsoni (73201) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (West Virginia) | Caneyella richardsoni (56142) |