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Prototoceras simplex
Taxonomy
Prototoceras simplex was named by Qin (1986). Its type specimen is Geological Bureau of Jiangxi Dong49 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dongshenling, Middle Member, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Prototoceras simplex Qin p. 279 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-6; text-fig 7 |
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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 simplex Qin 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 8.00 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 22.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 7.50 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
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 simplex (type locality: 144029) |