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Rafinesquina alternata
Taxonomy
Leptaena alternata was named by Conrad (1838). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Rafinesquina.
It was replaced with Leptaena trentonensis by Hall (1847); it was recombined as Strophomena alternata by Billings (1856); it was replaced with Rafinesquina trentonensis by Salmon (1942), Cooper (1956); it was recombined as Rafinesquina alternata by Dewing (1999), Cocks (2010).
It was replaced with Leptaena trentonensis by Hall (1847); it was recombined as Strophomena alternata by Billings (1856); it was replaced with Rafinesquina trentonensis by Salmon (1942), Cooper (1956); it was recombined as Rafinesquina alternata by Dewing (1999), Cocks (2010).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838
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†Rafinesquina alternata alata Wilson 1944
†Rafinesquina alternata plana Wilson 1944
†Rafinesquina alternata platys Wilson 1944
†Rafinesquina alternata intermedia Wilson 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Llandeilo to the top of the Richmondian or 466.00000 to 445.50000 Ma
Collections (779 total)