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Clypeoceras superbum
Taxonomy
Aspidites superbus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidroo, probably upper Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Clypeoceras.
It was recombined as Clypeoceras superbum by Smith (1913), Spath (1934), Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).
It was recombined as Clypeoceras superbum by Smith (1913), Spath (1934), Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).
Subspecies
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Aspidites superbus Waagen p. 218 figs. Pl 23, fig 1; pl 24, figs 1a-b |
| 1897 | Aspidites superbus Diener |
| 1913 | Clypeoceras superbum Smith p. 645 |
| 1934 | Clypeoceras superbum Spath |
| 2012 | Clypeoceras superbum Brühwiler and Bucher p. 56 figs. 36A-D, 38I-K |
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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.
†Clypeoceras superbum Waagen 1895
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†Aspidites superbus praecursor Frech 1905
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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 | 127.6 | 116.3 | 140.0 | 128.2 | 16.8 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 213.0 | 193.1 | 235.0 | 214.1 | 29.6 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 5.92 | 3.90 | 9.00 | 6.45 | 3.61 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||