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Tapashanites floriformis
Taxonomy
Tapashanites floriformis was named by Zhao and Liang (1965). Its type specimen is NIGP 14851 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tapashanites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Tapashanites floriformis Zhao and Liang |
| 1974 | Tapashanites floriformis Zhao and Liang p. 305 figs. Pl 159, figs 1-3 |
| 1978 | Tapashanites floriformis Zhao et al. p. 112 figs. Pl 12, figs 7-9; pl 13, figs 3-5; text-fig 61 |
| 1999 | Tapashanites floriformis Fujikawa and Ishibashi p. 104 figs. Pl 3, fig 6 |
| 2002 | Tapashanites floriformis Leonova |
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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.
†Tapashanites floriformis Zhao and Liang 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 11.8 | 8.30 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 5.94 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 29.1 | 19.0 | 44.7 | 31.9 | 18.2 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 9.98 | 6.30 | 15.8 | 11.1 | 6.72 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changhsingian | China (Sichuan) | Tapashanites floriformis (73823 98049 149087) | |
| Changhsingian | Thailand | Tapashanites floriformis (97002) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | Tapashanites floriformis (210118) |