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Metathisbites dawsoni
Taxonomy
Buchites dawsoni was named by McLearn (1940) [Buchites hilaris var. dawsoni]. Its type specimen is GSC 8825 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Metathisbites.
It was recombined as Metathisbites dawsoni by Tozer (1994).
It was recombined as Metathisbites dawsoni by Tozer (1994).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1940 | Buchites dawsoni McLearn p. 49 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5 |
| 1994 | Metathisbites dawsoni Tozer p. 232 figs. Pl 109, figs 11-13; pl 111, figs 7a,b; pl 117, figs 6a,b; text-figs 87i.j |
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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.
†Metathisbites dawsoni McLearn 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell diameter | 5 | 20.8 | 15.7 | 27.0 | 20.7 | 4.73 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||