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Transcaucasathyris kandevani
Taxonomy
Araxathyris kandevani was named by Fantini Sestini and Glaus (1966). Its type specimen is Milan Univ I 1326 a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Nur Valley, Central Elburz Mountains, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian marine limestone/marl in the Nesen Formation of Iran.
It was recombined as Transcaucasathyris kandevani by Angiolini and Carabelli (2010).
It was recombined as Transcaucasathyris kandevani by Angiolini and Carabelli (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Araxathyris kandevani Fantini Sestini and Glaus p. 913 figs. Pl 65, figs 4,5; text-fig 3 |
| 1995 | Araxathyris kandevani Zeng et al. figs. Pl 20, fig 7 |
| 2010 | Transcaucasathyris kandevani Angiolini and Carabelli p. 75 figs. Pl 3, figs 17-21; pl 5, figs 1-3; text-fig 10,11 |
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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.
†Transcaucasathyris kandevani Fantini Sestini and Glaus 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 7.22 | 4.10 | 10.0 | 8.30 | 2.23 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | China (Chongqing) | Araxathyris kandevani (156867 156869 156872) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Araxathyris kandevani (112002) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Sichuan) | Araxathyris kandevani (156803) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Iran (Manzadaran) | Araxathyris kandevani (type locality: 42458) | |
| Changhsingian | Iran | Transcaucasathyris kandevani (125574 125575 125576 125577 125579) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Sichuan) | Araxathyris kandevani (95289) |