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Knightites maximus
Taxonomy
Knightites (Knightites) maximus was named by Yochelson (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 199-T2-Q21-1.3A14, Colorado River, Runnels County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Clyde Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Knightites maximus by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Knightites maximus by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Knightites maximus Yochelson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 8 | 28.1 | 13.0 | 37.0 | 32.0 | 7.91 |
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| References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Knightites maximus (101812 121352 121494) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Knightites maximus (101865 101866 type locality: 121490 121491 121492 121493) |