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Westlothiana lizziae
Taxonomy
Westlothiana lizziae was named by Smithson and Rolfe (1990). Its type specimen is NMS G. 1990.72.1, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is East Kirkton site (Units 70-82: East Kirkton Limestone), which is in a Brigantian spring shale/limestone in the East Kirkton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Westlothiana.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1990 | Westlothiana lizziae Smithson and Rolfe pp. 137-138 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Westlothiana lizziae Smithson and Rolfe 1990
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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T. R. Smithson and W. D. I. Rolfe 1990 | As for genus. |
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 326.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Brigantian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Reptilia indet. (type locality: 22725) |