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Platyteichum spirolaxum
Taxonomy
Platyteichum spirolaxum was named by Waterhouse (1963). It is a mold. Its type locality is GS5296, Gibraltar Burn (D44/f9511), which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Platyteichum spirolaxum Waterhouse p. 129 figs. 3, 33-36 |
| 1980 | Platyteichum spirolaxum Waterhouse p. 201 figs. 2.1, 4 |
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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.
†Platyteichum spirolaxum Waterhouse 1963
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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 | 28.4 | 23.0 | 35.0 | 29.0 | 8.49 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 20.4 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 20.5 | 2.12 |
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian | New Zealand (Southland) | Platyteichum spirolaxum (41793) | |
| Artinskian | New Zealand | Platyteichum spirolaxum (type locality: 52697) |