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Platychilina obliqua
Taxonomy
Platychilina obliqua was named by Tong and Erwin (2001). Its type specimen is USNM 485617 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guojiashan Section, Bed 20, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in the Guojiashan Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Platychilina obliqua Tong and Erwin p. 26 figs. Pl 5, figs 12-18 |
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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.
†Platychilina obliqua Tong and Erwin 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 10.1 | 6.00 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 4.10 |
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||