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Parisculites mundus
Taxonomy
Lecanites mundus was named by McLearn (1947). Its type specimen is GSC 9498 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North side of Peace River 2 (GSC 9146), which is in the Alaunian of horizon the Pardonet Formation Canada. It is the type species of Parisculites.
It was recombined as Parisculites mundus by Tozer (1994).
It was recombined as Parisculites mundus by Tozer (1994).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Lecanites beattii McLearn p. 1 figs. Pl 4, fig 6 |
| 1947 | Lecanites mundus McLearn p. 4252 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-5 |
| 1994 | Parisculites mundus Tozer p. 252 figs. Pl 129, figs 13,14; text-figs 104g-i |
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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.
†Parisculites mundus McLearn 1947
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Invalid names: Lecanites beattii McLearn 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 7.41 | 6.10 | 9.00 | 7.55 | 2.05 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 2.47 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 7.69 | 7.40 | 8.00 | 7.70 | 0.424 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||