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Caucasites evolutus
Taxonomy
Caucasites evolutus was named by Shevyrev (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/89 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, left source, Laboceras-Megaphyllites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Caucasites evolutus Shevyrev p. 222 figs. Pl 20, fig 1 |
| 1995 | Caucasites evolutus Shevyrev p. 110 figs. Pl 17, fig 5 |
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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.
†Caucasites evolutus Shevyrev 1968
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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 | 5.80 | 4.10 | 8.20 | 6.15 | 2.90 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 21.3 | 14.6 | 31.1 | 22.9 | 11.7 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 11.6 | 7.80 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 6.65 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||