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Dimorphotoceras caurinum
Taxonomy
Pterotoceras caurinum was named by McLearn (1939). Its type specimen is GSC 9412 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Dimorphotoceras caurinum by Tozer (1994).
It was recombined as Dimorphotoceras caurinum by Tozer (1994).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Pterotoceras caurinum McLearn p. 56 figs. Pl 1, fig 2 |
| 1994 | Dimorphotoceras caurinum Tozer p. 185 figs. Pl 126, figs 2,4; text-figs 101a-c |
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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.
†Dimorphotoceras caurinum McLearn 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 16.3 | 13.6 | 3.82 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 32.6 | 28.0 | 38.0 | 33.0 | 7.07 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 8.59 | 8.10 | 9.10 | 8.60 | 0.707 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||