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Aphaurosia scutata
Taxonomy
Aphaurosia scutata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154726, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Aphaurosia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Aphaurosia scutata Cooper and Grant p. 2049 figs. Pl 515, figs 12-25; pl 552, figs 1-5 |
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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.
†Aphaurosia scutata 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 | 7 | 5.96 | 4.50 | 7.10 | 6.50 | 0.918 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | Aphaurosia scutata (101867 105896) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Aphaurosia scutata (101798 101809 102618 105893) | |
| Capitanian | USA (New Mexico) | Aphaurosia scutata (81629 105989) |