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Hercoglossa harrisi
Taxonomy
Hercoglossa harrisi was named by Miller and Thompson (1937) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marac Quarry (Rutsch locality 22), which is in a Thanetian marine limestone in the Soldado Formation of Trinidad and Tobago.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Hercoglossa harrisi Miller and Thompson p. 308 figs. pl. 36, figs. 1, 2 |
| 1937 | Hercoglossa harrisi Miller and Thompson p. 60 figs. pl. 7, figs. 1, 2 |
| 1938 | Hercoglossa harrisi Miller and Furnish pp. 150, 151 |
| 1940 | Hercoglossa harrisi Stenzel p. 744 |
| 1947 | Hercoglossa harrisi Miller p. 51 |
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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.
†Hercoglossa harrisi Miller and Thompson 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 41.7 | 29.0 | 60.0 | 44.5 | 21.9 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 68.6 | 47.0 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 37.5 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 3.46 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 0.707 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Thanetian | Trinidad and Tobago | Hercoglossa harrisi (type locality: 166081) | |
| Thanetian | Trinidad and Tobago (San Fernando) | Hercoglossa harrisi (168382) |