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Prionites involutus
Taxonomy
Prionites involutus was named by Brühwiler et al. (2010). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 27671 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tulong Tu58, which is in a Smithian deep subtidal lime mudstone in the Tulong Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Prionites involutus Brühwiler et al. p. 419 figs. 14.1-14.6 |
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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.
†Prionites involutus Brühwiler et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 10.8 | 9.00 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 2.83 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 29.3 | 15.6 | 90.2 | 25.0 | 31.0 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 2.45 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 0.707 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||