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Pleurotomaria discoidea
Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria discoidea was named by Girty (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2926 green, Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. anomala, P. anomalia, P. anstedi, P. araneosa, P. arenaria, P. aubersonensis, P. barottei, P. basilica, P. baucis, P. blancheti, P. bourgueti, P. bourguetti, P. brittoni, P. campichei, P. cancellata, P. cancellata, P. carinata, P. concava, P. crearoi, P. crotaloides, P. debuchii, P. dupiniana, P. elongata, P. exsul, P. fasciata, P. faucygnyana, P. favrina, P. gallieni, P. gaultina, P. geinitzi, P. gerthi, P. gibbsi, P. gigantea, P. gigas, P. greppini, P. hildesheimensis, P. hourcqi, P. humilis, P. jaccardi, P. kadinkoeviensis, P. laharpi, P. lardyi, P. larseniana, P. lemani, P. leufuensis, P. leufuensis, P. macilenta, P. metzertensis, P. moreausiana, P. mutabilis, P. neocomiensis, P. niloticiformis, P. nixa, P. nucleus, P. opalina, P. orbensis, P. pailleteana, P. perspectiva, P. planula, P. pseudoelegans, P. regina, P. renevieri, P. rhodani, P. rugata, P. rustica, P. rutimeyeri, P. silicea, P. simplex, P. singularis, P. sturi, P. subelongata, P. sulcomarginata, P. tenera, P. thurmanni, P. tintonensis, P. trocheata, P. villersensis, P. vraconnensis, P. weissermeli, P. zollidoferi, P. zollikoferi, P. woodsi, P. planula, P. umiensis, P. amadeisabaudiae, P. maoriensis, P. quoyana, P. maoriensis, P. turbinata, P. procera, P. baugieri, P. mirabilis, P. trigonellae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Pleurotomaria discoidea Girty p. 470 figs. Pl 8, figs 13-13d |
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†Pleurotomaria discoidea Girty 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 5.90 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Pleurotomaria discoidea (type locality: 108812) |