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Planotectus cymbellatus
Taxonomy
Planotectus cymbellatus was named by Yochelson (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 119121 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Planotectus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Planotectus cymbellatus Yochelson p. 228 figs. Pl 13, figs 20-24 |
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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.
†Planotectus cymbellatus Yochelson 1956
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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 | 4.58 | 2.40 | 7.20 | 5.50 | 1.80 |
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Knight et al. 1960, Kiessling 2004 | |||||