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Prototoceras pulchriforme
Taxonomy
Prototoceras pulchriforme was named by Qin (1986). Its type specimen is Geological Bureau of Jiangxi Guan42 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guanmaoshan, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Loping Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Prototoceras pulchriforme Qin p. 278 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-15; text-fig 6 |
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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.
†Prototoceras pulchriforme Qin 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 7.00 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 23.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 7.00 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | China (Jiangxi) | Prototoceras pulchriforme (type locality: 144031) |