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Epigymnites alexandrae
Taxonomy
Gymnites alexandrae was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
It was recombined as Epigymnites alexandrae by Silberling and Nichols (1982).
It was recombined as Epigymnites alexandrae by Silberling and Nichols (1982).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Gymnites alexandrae Smith p. 52 figs. Pl 23, fig 1; pl 24, figs 1-12; pl 25, fig 1 |
| 1982 | Epigymnites alexandrae Silberling and Nichols p. 41 figs. Pl 31, fig 13 |
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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.
†Epigymnites alexandrae Smith 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 92.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 260.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 95.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||