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Taxonomy
Fennahia cretacea was named by Martins-Neto (1988). Its type specimen is CV-986, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Fennahia, Cretofennahia.
It was recombined as Cretofennahia cretacea by Martins-Neto and Szwedo (2007).
It was recombined as Cretofennahia cretacea by Martins-Neto and Szwedo (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Fennahia cretacea Martins-Neto p. 9 fig. 1A |
| 2004 | Fennahia cretacea Szwedo et al. p. 44 |
| 2007 | Cretofennahia cretacea Martins-Neto and Szwedo p. 117 |
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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.
†Cretofennahia cretacea Martins-Neto 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Fennahia cretacea (125511) |