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Torynechus alectorius
Taxonomy
Torynechus alectorius was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154590f, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Torynechus alectorius Cooper and Grant p. 2117 figs. Pl 584, figs 1-41 |
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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.
†Torynechus alectorius 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 | 6 | 9.03 | 4.20 | 17.8 | 9.15 | 5.68 |
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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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Torynechus alectorius (43612) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Torynechus alectorius (105881 106048) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Torynechus alectorius (43461 43560 75919 75920 105842 106016) |