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Prolecanites mapesi
Taxonomy
Prolecanites mapesi was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9080.1, 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.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Prolecanites mapesi Korn and Ebbighausen p. 48 figs. 45, 46 |
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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.
†Prolecanites mapesi 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 | 10 | 12.0 | 8.90 | 17.3 | 11.2 | 2.72 | |
| shell diameter | 10 | 32.9 | 24.4 | 47.3 | 30.1 | 7.56 | |
| shell inflation | 10 | 12.5 | 9.30 | 18.5 | 11.5 | 3.16 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigantian | Morocco | Prolecanites mapesi (157741 157742 157749) |