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Xenodiscoides falcatus
Taxonomy
Meekoceras falcatum was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amb, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian coastal sandstone in the Ceratites Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Xenodiscoides falcatus by Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).
It was recombined as Xenodiscoides falcatus by Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Meekoceras falcatum Waagen p. 242 figs. Pl 36, figs 4a-c |
| 2012 | Xenodiscoides falcatus Brühwiler and Bucher p. 81 figs. 66AE-AI, 67, 68 |
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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.
†Xenodiscoides falcatus Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 26.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 66.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 22.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Smithian | Pakistan | Meekoceras falcatum (143629) Xenodiscoides falcatus (139143) | |
| Smithian | Afghanistan (Pakhtia) | Xenodiscoides falcatus (44119) |