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Balatonites shoshonensis
Taxonomy
Balatonites shoshonensis was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shoshone Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in Nevada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Balatonites shoshonensis Hyatt and Smith p. 167 figs. Pl. 23, figs. 12-13 |
| 1914 | Balatonites shoshonensis Smith p. 120 figs. Pl 4, figs 12,13 |
| 1992 | Balatonites shoshonensis Bucher p. 432 figs. Fig. 1-19, Pl. 1; Fig. 24, Pl. 6 |
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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.
†Balatonites shoshonensis Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell diameter | 9 | 42.4 | 16.8 | 90.6 | 38.8 | 26.3 |
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Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | China (Guangxi) | Balatonites shoshonensis (204654 204655) | |
| Anisian | USA (Nevada) | Balatonites shoshonensis (62310) | |
| Pelsonian | USA (Nevada) | Balatonites shoshonensis (type locality: 33201 113670 113671 113672 113673 113674 113675 115462) |