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Gauthiericeras obesum
Taxonomy
Gauthiericeras obesum was named by van Hoepen (1955) [DISTRIBUTION: Coniacian; South Africa, Madagascar.]. It is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Gauthiericeras obesum van Hoepen p. 374 figs. figs. 25-28 |
| 1984 | Gauthiericeras obesum Klinger and Kennedy p. 243 |
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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.
†Gauthiericeras obesum van Hoepen 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 16 | 55.6 | 30.0 | 98.0 | 55.5 | 21.3 | |
| shell diameter | 16 | 154.8 | 75.0 | 311.0 | 153.5 | 72.1 | |
| shell inflation | 16 | 64.0 | 31.0 | 144.0 | 60.0 | 35.5 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Coniacian or 89.30000 to 85.80000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Coniacian | South Africa | Gauthiericeras obesum (82448 158491) | |
| Middle Coniacian | South Africa | Gauthiericeras obesum (82441) |