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Noritus pauxillus
Original description: Test small, elongate, subcylindrical, with five to six post-abdominal chambers. Cephallis small, conical, with short, massive horn, and covered with layer of microgranular silica. Thorax and subsequent chamber trapezoidal ot rectangular in outline, consisting of variable sized polygonal pore frames with larger pores on partitions and smaller pores along a central band on each chamber. Pore frames predominantly tetragonal, pentagonal, and hexagonal in outline with irregular costae. Costae short, discontinuous, irregularly spaced.
Original remarks: Noritus pauxillus n. sp. differs from N. lillihornensis Pessagno and Whalen by haveing a more cylindrical test with shorter horn and less massive shorter costae.
Etymology: Pauxillus-a-um (Latin, adj.) small, little.
Year | Name and author |
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1987 | Noritus pauxillus Yeh p. 55 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 9, Pl. 14, fig. 3; Pl. 29, fig. 2 |
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Reference: Kiessling 1999 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 192.90000 to 182.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pliensbachian | USA (Oregon) | Noritus pauxillus (124324 124327) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | USA (Oregon) | Noritus pauxillus (124334) |