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Stegochiton coxi
Taxonomy
Stegochiton coxi was named by Hoare and Smith (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 330887, a valve (Intermediate valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM720g, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian slope limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Stegochiton.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Stegochiton coxi Hoare and Smith p. 99 figs. 10A-I |
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†Stegochiton coxi Hoare and Smith 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Stegochiton coxi (type locality: 75936) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Stegochiton coxi (101806) |