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Gastrochaenolites torpedo
Taxonomy
Gastrochaenolites torpedo was named by Kelly and Bromley (1984). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BMNH 56735, an other, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kankesanthurai [Jaffna Limestone], which is in a Burdigalian shallow subtidal limestone in the Jaffna Limestone Formation of Sri Lanka.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly and Bromley p. 801 |
| 2020 | Gastrochaenolites torpedo Maisch et al. p. 125 |
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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.
†Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly and Bromley 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 165.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Callovian | Israel | Gastrochaenolites torpedo (91903) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | France | Gastrochaenolites torpedo (11084 11085) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Argentina | Gastrochaenolites torpedo (61589) | |
| Burdigalian | Sri Lanka | Gastrochaenolites torpedo (type locality: 77478) | |
| Middle Miocene | Portugal | Gastrochaenolites torpedo (151582 151583 151584) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Spain | Gastrochaenolites torpedo (153720) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica | Gastrochaenolites torpedo (80612) |