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Kilbuchomena prima
Discussion
= 2003 Leptelllininae gen. et sp. indet.; Candela, p. 35, pl. 5, figs 13-18.
Taxonomy
Kilbuchomena prima was named by Candela and Harper (2009). Its type specimen is NMS.G.2005.109.1 (external and internal moulds of ventral and dorsal valves) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kilbucho, which is in a Cheneyan marine mudstone in the Kirkcolm Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Kilbuchomena.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Kilbuchomena prima Candela and Harper p. 262 figs. 6f, h–i |
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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.
†Kilbuchomena prima Candela and Harper 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2009 | Shell concavo-convex, subrectangular in outline. Ventral adductor scars not enclosed by diductor scars. Dorsal platform bilobed, undercut and elevated. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||