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Megastrophia transitans
Taxonomy
Megastrophia transitans was named by Johnson (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 156949 and is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1970 | Megastrophia transitans Johnson pp. 120 - 122 figs. Pl. 25, figs. 1-19 |
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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.
†Megastrophia transitans Johnson 1970
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. G. Johnson 1970 | Small, thin-shelled M egastrophia with brace plates. |
Measurements
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Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 |
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Siegen | USA (Nevada) | Megastrophia transitans (164731 164732 164822) | |
Deer Parkian | USA (Nevada) | Megastrophia transitans (164689 164799) | |
Emsian | USA (Nevada) | Megastrophia transitans (164691 164794 164801 164806) |