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Paraceltites altudensis
Taxonomy
Paralecanites altudensis was named by Böse (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of intrusive plug on Captain James's Ranch, Altuda, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Altuda Formation of Texas.
It was synonymized subjectively with Paraceltites elegans by Spinosa et al. (1975); it was recombined as Paraceltites altudensis by Miller and Furnish (1940), Miller (1944), Zhao and Zheng (1977), Leonova (2002).
It was synonymized subjectively with Paraceltites elegans by Spinosa et al. (1975); it was recombined as Paraceltites altudensis by Miller and Furnish (1940), Miller (1944), Zhao and Zheng (1977), Leonova (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Paralecanites altudensis Böse p. 178 figs. Pl 11, figs 28-45 |
| 1937 | Paralecanites altudensis Plummer and Scott p. 372 figs. Pl 37, figs 11-13 |
| 1940 | Paraceltites altudensis Miller and Furnish p. 70 figs. Pl 23, figs 1-3; pl 24, fig 7 |
| 1944 | Paraceltites altudensis Miller |
| 1977 | Paraceltites altudensis Zhao and Zheng p. 248 figs. Pl 5, figs 15,16 |
| 2002 | Paraceltites altudensis Leonova p. 99 |
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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.
†Paraceltites altudensis Böse 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 6 | 5.59 | 3.50 | 7.50 | 6.10 | 1.67 | |
| shell diameter | 6 | 21.4 | 11.5 | 30.8 | 22.2 | 7.03 | |
| shell inflation | 6 | 9.36 | 6.00 | 14.5 | 9.40 | 3.51 |
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Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordian | China (Zhejiang) | Paraceltites altudensis (97115) | |
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | Paraceltites altudensis (113237 113263 113270) Paralecanites altudensis (type locality: 88436) | |
| Capitanian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Paraceltites altudensis (62907) |