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Orthopithonella geometrica

Orthopithonella geometrica (Jafar, 1983, p.233, fig.10, nos.5-6; fig.11, no.6) Janofske, 1987, p.50.

TYPE: Holotype: Jafar, 1983, fig.10, no.5.

HISTORY: Originally Prinsiosphaera (Appendix A), subsequently (and now) Orthopithonella, thirdly Thoracosphaera. Janofske (1992, p.18) retained this species in Orthopithonella.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms (at specific rank): Prinsiosphaera triassica subsp. hyalina and Prinsiosphaera triassica subsp. noeliae (both Appendix A), according to Janofske (1987, p.50).

AGE: Rhaetian.


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