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Meginoceras tetsa
Taxonomy
Paratrachyceras tetsa was named by McLearn (1947). Its type specimen is GSC 9545 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Meginoceras tetsa by Tozer (1994).
It was recombined as Meginoceras tetsa by Tozer (1994).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Paratrachyceras tetsa McLearn p. 23 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4; pl 8, fig 3 |
| 1994 | Meginoceras tetsa Tozer p. 148 figs. Pl 72, figs 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.
†Meginoceras tetsa McLearn 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 16.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 40.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 10.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Longobardian | Canada (British Columbia) | Meginoceras tetsa (type locality: 137088 137089 137665 139102 141744) |