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Tropites rotatorius
Taxonomy
Tropites rotatorius was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brock Mountain, north end and west side (Juvavites subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Tropites rotatorius Smith p. 32 figs. Pl 71, figs 1-3 |
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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.
†Tropites rotatorius Smith 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 30.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 94.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 44.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||