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Arabatia africana
Taxonomy
Charltonithyris africana was named by Weir (1929). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bihendula (basal echinoid Bihin limestone), which is in a Bathonian/Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Bihin Limestone Formation of Somalia.
It was recombined as Arabatia africana by Alméras et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Arabatia africana by Alméras et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Charltonithyris africana Weir |
| 2010 | Arabatia africana Alméras et al. p. 63 |
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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.
†Arabatia africana Weir 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathonian - Bajocian | Somalia | Charltonithyris africana (161481) | |
| Bathonian - Bajocian | Kenya | Charltonithyris africana (161808) | |
| Callovian | Somalia | Charltonithyris africana (92998) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Saudi Arabia | Arabatia africana (141398 141399 141419) | |
| Middle Callovian | Saudi Arabia | Arabatia africana (141498) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Somalia | Charltonithyris africana (93020) |