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Metriolepis scrupea
Taxonomy
Metriolepis scrupea was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 153092e, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM705a, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Metriolepis scrupea Cooper and Grant p. 2726 figs. Pl 714, figs 1-31 |
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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.
†Metriolepis scrupea Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 5.90 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Metriolepis scrupea (75885 75886) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Metriolepis scrupea (type locality: 43534 75923) |