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Metriolepis nabis
Taxonomy
Metriolepis nabis was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 153084, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Metriolepis nabis Cooper and Grant p. 2722 figs. Pl 713, figs 1-26 |
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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.
†Metriolepis nabis Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 6.83 | 4.60 | 9.60 | 7.00 | 1.90 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian | USA (Texas) | Metriolepis nabis (81619 81939 101867 102619 105902 106108 106138 106244 106245 106299) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Metriolepis nabis (81623 81626 101798 102618 105894 105895 105993 106243 106248) |