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Wailiceras aemulus
Taxonomy
Wailiceras aemulus was named by Brayard and Bucher (2008). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 25953 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waili cave section Jin61, which is in a Smithian slope lime mudstone in the Luolou Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Wailiceras aemulus Brayard and Bucher p. 38 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-9 |
| 2013 | Wailiceras aemulus Brayard et al. p. 171 figs. 33a-e |
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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.
†Wailiceras aemulus Brayard and Bucher 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 9 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 36.0 | 18.0 | 9.48 | |
| shell diameter | 9 | 35.1 | 12.0 | 71.0 | 34.0 | 18.4 | |
| shell inflation | 9 | 3.28 | 1.00 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 3.41 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Smithian | China (Guangxi) | Wailiceras aemulus (type locality: 97174 97175 97176 97177 97178 97179 97182) | |
| Smithian | USA (Utah) | Wailiceras aemulus (156018) |