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Richthofenia sinensis
Taxonomy
Richthofenia sinensis was named by Waagen (1885). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingshan Coalfield, Loping Area, which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Richthofenia sinensis Waagen p. 742 figs. Pl 82A, fig 4 |
| 1944 | Richthofenia sinensis Reed p. 40 |
| 1960 | Richthofenia sinensis Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 136 |
| 1984 | Richthofenia sinensis Liao figs. Pl 1, figs 18-20 |
| 1990 | Richthofenia lengwuensis Liang p. 214 figs. Pl 39, figs 10-14; text-fig 27 |
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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.
†Richthofenia sinensis Waagen 1885
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Invalid names: Richthofenia lengwuensis Liang 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000 | |||||
Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | Pakistan | Richthofenia sinensis (119551) | |
| Capitanian | China (Zhejiang) | Loczyella sp. 1 (111934) Richthofenia lengwuensis (95519) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Anhui) | Richthofenia sinensis (112376) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Richthofenia sinensis (127007) | |
| Lopingian | China (Jiangxi) | Richthofenia lawrenciana (type locality: 109628) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | Richthofenia sinensis (94984 94985 94986) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | Richthofenia sinensis (117481) |