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Pleuromya cuneata
Taxonomy
Pleuromya cuneata was named by Glaessner (1958). Its type specimen is Adelaide University F15300, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Masul Village, Chimbu River, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in Papua New Guinea.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aequata, P. angusta, P. crassa, P. curta, P. didimtuensis, P. exarata, P. jurassi, P. lata, P. latarugata, P. mactroides, P. musculoides, P. nitens, P. oblongata, P. pseudoelongata, P. serotina, P. sichotica, P. simplex, P. spitiensis, P. submusculoides, P. triangularis, P. unioniformis, P. uralensis, P. voltzii, P. xiangensis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1958 | Pleuromya cuneata Glaessner p. 209 figs. Pl 24, fig 2 |
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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.
†Pleuromya cuneata Glaessner 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 5 | 41.7 | 35.0 | 47.5 | 46.0 | 6.07 |
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Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Cenomanian | Papua New Guinea | Pleuromya cuneata (type locality: 174838) |