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Platygoniatites rhanemensis
Taxonomy
Platygoniatites rhanemensis was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9079.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-B, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Platygoniatites rhanemensis Korn and Ebbighausen p. 42 figs. 31E, 38-41 |
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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.
†Platygoniatites rhanemensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 16 | 25.4 | 11.8 | 43.0 | 26.4 | 8.11 | |
| shell diameter | 16 | 56.8 | 25.0 | 103.1 | 59.0 | 20.7 | |
| shell inflation | 16 | 9.92 | 2.90 | 22.6 | 10.1 | 5.43 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Brigantian | Morocco | Platygoniatites rhanemensis (type locality: 61439 157741 157742 157743 157749) |