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Parapenascoceras aberrans
Taxonomy
Metacoceras aberrans was named by Miller and Unklesbay (1942) [University of New Mexico]. Its type specimen is UNM 315 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bluewater Dam, which is in a Kungurian coastal siliciclastic in the Chupadera Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Stearoceras aberrans by Miller and Youngquist (1949); it was recombined as Parapenascoceras aberrans by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954).
It was recombined as Stearoceras aberrans by Miller and Youngquist (1949); it was recombined as Parapenascoceras aberrans by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Metacoceras aberrans Miller and Unklesbay p. 725 figs. Pl 113, fig 4; pl 114, fig 4 |
| 1949 | Stearoceras aberrans Miller and Youngquist |
| 1954 | Parapenascoceras aberrans Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 93 |
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†Parapenascoceras aberrans Miller and Unklesbay 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 65.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 235.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 85.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||