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Alatorthotetina speciosa
Taxonomy
Orthothetina speciosa was named by Liao (1980). Its type specimen is NIGP 43409 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 7 (AJ-17-12), Anshun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siltstone/sandstone in China.
It was recombined as Alatorthotetina speciosa by Zeng et al. (1995).
It was recombined as Alatorthotetina speciosa by Zeng et al. (1995).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Orthothetina speciosa Liao p. 254 figs. Pl 1, figs 43-45 |
| 1995 | Alatorthotetina speciosa Zeng et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 7 |
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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.
†Alatorthotetina speciosa Liao 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Orthothetina speciosa (type locality: 112002) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | Alatorthotetina speciosa (156847) |