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Ponteixites gracilis
Taxonomy
Ponteixites gracilis was named by Warren (1934) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. of Canada 8741, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Notukeu Creek [Bearpaw Fm], which is in a Campanian marine claystone/shale in the Bearpaw Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Ponteixites gracilis Warren p. 96 figs. pl. 3, figs. 5-9 |
| 1937 | Ponteixites gracilis Russell and Landes p. 180 |
| 1983 | Ponteixites gracilis Riccardi p. 44 |
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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.
†Ponteixites gracilis Warren 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Ponteixites gracilis (87441 type locality: 87442 88477 88481 88486 88487 88495 88505) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Ponteixites gracilis (82643) |