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Meginoceras effervescens
Taxonomy
Meginoceras effervescens was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28665 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68242, Boiler Canyon, Liard River, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Meginoceras effervescens Tozer p. 149 figs. Pl 78, figs 4a-c; text-fig 61f |
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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 effervescens Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 15.8 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 36.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 9.40 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Longobardian | Canada (British Columbia) | Meginoceras effervescens (type locality: 138618) |