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Babylonites turritus
Taxonomy
Babylonites turritus was named by Yochelson (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 119137 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM702, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Babylonites turritus Yochelson p. 237 figs. Pl 18, figs 1-10 |
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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.
†Babylonites turritus 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 | 15.6 | 11.0 | 23.0 | 14.0 | 5.04 |
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Babylonites turritus (type locality: 43491 43494 43510 43513 43515 43560 43574 81711 108355 110512 113223 121334 121354 121457 121458) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Babylonites turritus (43512) |