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Maorielasma inflata
Taxonomy
Maorielasma inflata was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQF 74258 and is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4571, Rose's Pride Mine, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Buffel Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Maorielasma inflata Waterhouse pp. 47-48 figs. Pl 13, figs 17-19 |
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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.
†Maorielasma inflata Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. B. Waterhouse 1987 | Broad shells well inflated at maturity, with large foramen and fine punctae, large brachidium. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | Australia (Queensland) | Maorielasma inflata (66262 66264 type locality: 66271) |