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Prochorites alveolatus
Taxonomy
Probeloceras alveolatum was named by Glenister (1958). Its type specimen is CPC 1727, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR K Dup 126, Old Bohemia Homestead, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Gogo Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Prochorites.
It was recombined as Prochorites alveolatus by Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008).
It was recombined as Prochorites alveolatus by Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Probeloceras alveolatum Glenister p. 69 figs. Pl 15, figs 2,3; text-figs 3A,B |
| 1975 | Probeloceras strix Kirchgasser p. 83 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-12,15; pl 3, figs 15-20; text-figs 6,7B,8B,10 |
| 2002 | Probeloceras strix Korn and Klug p. 121 |
| 2002 | Prochorites alveolatus Korn and Klug p. 121 |
| 2008 | Prochorites alveolatus House and Kirchgasser p. 109 figs. Pl 7, figs 4-6; text-figs 31, 32C |
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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.
†Prochorites alveolatus Glenister 1958
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Invalid names: Probeloceras strix Kirchgasser 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | - | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 0.141 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 4.60 | 4.50 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 0.141 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 382.31000 to 375.20000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | Prochorites alveolatus (39048 39049) | |
| Middle Frasnian | USA (New York) | Prochorites alveolatus (136231 136234 136374 136396 136397 136403 136490 157597) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | Probeloceras alveolatum (170960) |