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Neomegalodon cornutus
Taxonomy
Neomegalodon cornutus was named by Yao et al. (2007). Its type specimen is QMB 352, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qoima Co, Section B, which is in a Norian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Jiapila Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Neomegalodon cornutus Yao et al. p. 1337 figs. 4.1-4.20 |
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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.
†Neomegalodon cornutus Yao et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 4 | 16.0 | 11.1 | 26.5 | 15.2 | 7.03 | |
| valve height | 8 | 21.3 | 10.0 | 31.7 | 22.6 | 6.55 |
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||