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Menuites menu
Taxonomy
Ammonites menu was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.
It was recombined as Menuites menu by Kennedy and Summesberger (1986), Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Kennedy et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Menuites menu by Kennedy and Summesberger (1986), Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Kennedy et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Ammonites menu Forbes p. 111 figs. Pl 10, fig 1 |
| 1986 | Menuites menu Kennedy and Summesberger p. 193 |
| 1992 | Menuites menu Kennedy and Henderson p. 430 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-15; text-fig 6C |
| 2007 | Menuites menu Kennedy et al. p. 517 |
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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.
†Menuites menu Forbes 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 22.1 | 14.4 | 28.0 | 26.8 | 7.53 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 52.8 | 34.2 | 69.8 | 61.5 | 18.6 | |
| shell inflation | 3 | 13.7 | 8.80 | 18.8 | 15.5 | 5.10 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India | Ammonites menu (41428) |