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Waagenites grandicosta
Taxonomy
Chonetes grandicosta was named by Waagen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Chonetes (Dienerella) grandicosta by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Waagenites grandicostatus by Wardlaw (1977); it was recombined as Waagenites grandicosta by Lee and Gu (1980).
It was recombined as Chonetes (Dienerella) grandicosta by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Waagenites grandicostatus by Wardlaw (1977); it was recombined as Waagenites grandicosta by Lee and Gu (1980).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Chonetes grandicosta Waagen p. 638 figs. Pl 61, figs 6,7 |
| 1944 | Chonetes (Dienerella) grandicosta Reed |
| 1977 | Waagenites grandicostatus Wardlaw figs. Pl 2, figs 60-72 |
| 1980 | Waagenites grandicosta Lee and Gu p. 341 figs. Pl 160, fig 10 |
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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.
†Waagenites grandicosta Waagen 1884
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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 | 6.93 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 1.41 | |
| valve height | 1 | 1.08 | - | - | - | - |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Waagenites grandicosta (109617) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Heilongjiang) | Waagenites grandicosta (61877) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Chonetes grandicosta (90253 125963 126002 126004 126264 126267 126269 126271 126272 126275 126279 126281 126294 126296 126344 126453 126454 126460 126936 126983 126993 127025 127028 127030) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Pakistan | Chonetes grandicosta (126762 126986) | |
| Changhsingian | Pakistan | Chonetes grandicosta (126882) |