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Etheripecten escalatus
Taxonomy
Etheripecten escalatus was named by Waterhouse (1982). Its type specimen is NZGS TM3546 and is a mold. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Etheripecten escalatus Waterhouse p. 22 figs. 7e-h;8a-c,e,g |
| 1983 | Etheripecten escalatus Waterhouse p. 249 figs. Pl 6, 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.
†Etheripecten escalatus Waterhouse 1982
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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 | 42.7 | 38.0 | 48.0 | 43.0 | 7.07 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordian | New Zealand (Southland) | Etheripecten escalatus (41767) | |
| Capitanian | New Zealand (Southland) | Etheripecten escalatus (type locality: 41777) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (Queensland) | Etheripecten escalatus (104762 104769) |