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Amaltheus bifurcus
Taxonomy
Amaltheus bifurcus was named by Howarth (1958).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Amaltheus bifurcus Howarth p. 2 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4,6,8-11; pl 10, fig 3 |
| 1986 | Amaltheus bifurcus Meister p. 91 figs. Pl 20, figs 4,6 |
| 1998 | Amaltheus bifurcus Géczy and Meister p. 102 figs. Pl 6, fig 5 |
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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.
†Amaltheus bifurcus Howarth 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell diameter | 1 | 31.6 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Margaritatus or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliensbachian | Canada (Yukon) | Amaltheus bifurcus (34183 34203 34222) | |
| Davoei - Margaritatus | France | Amaltheus bifurcus (148091) | |
| Margaritatus | Hungary | Amaltheus bifurcus (109146 109501 109528) | |
| Margaritatus | France | Amaltheus bifurcus (148132 148197) |