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Metadinarites desertorus
Taxonomy
Dinarites desertorum 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 (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada. It is the type species of Metadinarites.
It was recombined as Metadinarites desertorus by Spath (1951), Silberling and Nichols (1982).
It was recombined as Metadinarites desertorus by Spath (1951), Silberling and Nichols (1982).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Dinarites desertorum Smith p. 69 figs. Pl 89, figs 3-7; pl 98, figs 13-18 |
| 1914 | Dinarites pygmaeus Smith p. 70 figs. Pl 89, figs 8,9 |
| 1951 | Metadinarites desertorus Spath p. 37 |
| 1982 | Metadinarites desertorus Silberling and Nichols p. 52 figs. Pl 21, figs 29,30; text-fig 35 |
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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.
†Metadinarites desertorus Smith 1914
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Invalid names: Dinarites pygmaeus Smith 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 8.50 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 25.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 9.50 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||