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Zhejiangospirifer giganteus
Taxonomy
Zhejiangospirifer giganteus was named by Shen et al. (2003). Its type specimen is NMV P308132, a partial shell (Incomplete conjoined shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Zhongbei Block, Lhaze County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Quxia Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Zhejiangospirifer giganteus Shen et al. p. 242 figs. Pl 3, figs 17-19; pl 4, figs 1-6 |
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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.
†Zhejiangospirifer giganteus Shen et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 11.9 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | China (Xizang) | Zhejiangospirifer giganteus (type locality: 24590) |