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Caucasites
Taxonomy
Caucasites was named by Shevyrev (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 302].
It was assigned to Japonitidae by Tozer (1981); to Japonitinae by Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Japonitidae by Tozer (1981); to Japonitinae by Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
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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.
G. †Caucasites Shevyrev 1968
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†Caucasites evolutus Shevyrev 1968
†Caucasites inflatus Shevyrev 1968
†Caucasites mulleri Tozer 1994
†Caucasites nicholsi Bucher 1989
†Caucasites orchardi Bucher 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 9 | 9.64 | 4.10 | 19.3 | 10.8 | 6.57 | |
| shell diameter | 9 | 34.0 | 14.6 | 64.4 | 35.2 | 16.8 | |
| shell inflation | 9 | 14.8 | 7.80 | 28.5 | 14.9 | 8.86 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aegean | Canada (British Columbia) | C. mulleri (138608) C. orchardi (114648) | |
| Aegean | USA (Nevada) | C. nicholsi (112707 112778 112784 112791 114114 114582) | |
| Bithynian | Romania | C. inflatus (197722) | |
| Bithynian | Russian Federation | C. evolutus, C. inflatus (99523) |