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Silenites zhejiangensis
Taxonomy
Silenites zhejiangensis was named by Forel (2010). Its type specimen is P6M2582, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan 04C15-1, Bed 15, Meishan D, which is in a Changhsingian offshore ramp lime mudstone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Silenites zhejiangensis Forel p. 358 figs. 9U-W |
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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.
†Silenites zhejiangensis Forel 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 2 | 0.414 | 0.387 | 0.443 | 0.415 | 0.040 |
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| References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | China (Zhejiang) | Silenites zhejiangensis (97902 type locality: 97910 97912 97919 97920 97921 97927) | |
| Changhsingian | Serbia | Silenites zhejiangensis (112046 112048) |