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Saffordia
Taxonomy
Saffordia was named by Ulrich (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 91].
It was assigned to Modiomorphidae by Cox et al. (1969) and Vokes (1980); to Modiomorphoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saffordiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Modiomorphidae by Cox et al. (1969) and Vokes (1980); to Modiomorphoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saffordiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Saffordia Ulrich p. 625 |
| 1969 | Saffordia Cox et al. p. N399 |
| 1980 | Saffordia Vokes p. 70 |
| 2002 | Saffordia Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Saffordia Bouchet et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Cox et al. 1969, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Maysvillian or 453.00000 to 449.60000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbian - Katian | Norway (Oppland) | S. sp. (194681) | |
| Shermanian | USA (Minnesota) | S. sp. (23579 23584) | |
| Shermanian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | S. sp. (23656 23659 23664 23667 23668 23670) | |
| Shermanian | USA (Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa) | S. sp. (23552) | |
| Chatfieldian | Canada (Ontario) | S. modesta (26271) S. ventralis (26277) | |
| Chatfieldian - Edenian | Canada (Nunavut) | S. modesta (24116) | |
| Katian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | S. subparallela (232332) | |
| Edenian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | S. sp. (23678) | |
| Edenian | USA (Minnesota) | S. sp. (23588) | |
| Edenian - Maysvillian | USA (Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois) | S. sp. (23554) | |
| Edenian - Maysvillian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | S. sp. (23682) | |
| Maysvillian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | S. sp. (23684) |