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Patagiosites alaskensis
Taxonomy
Patagiosites alaskensis was named by Jones (1963). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS M560, Caribou Creek, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Matanuska Formation of Alaska.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Patagiosites alaskensis Jones p. 45 figs. pl. 38-40. figs. 1, 3, 7, 9 |
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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.
†Patagiosites alaskensis Jones 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 105.7 | 69.0 | 162.0 | 115.5 | 65.8 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 251.8 | 170.0 | 373.0 | 271.5 | 143.5 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 75.3 | 54.0 | 105.0 | 79.5 | 36.1 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Alaska) | Patagiosites alaskensis (64020 type locality: 64022 158238 158289 158290 158296 158310) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | USA (Alaska) | Patagiosites alaskensis (88823) |