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Metaclionites taylori
Taxonomy
Metaclionites taylori was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28700 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 83896, Carbon Peak, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Pardonet Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Metaclionites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Metaclionites taylori Tozer p. 179 figs. Pl 129, figs 12a-c; text-fig 104c |
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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.
†Metaclionites taylori Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 9.20 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 22.5 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 5.40 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||