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Kitchinites spathi
Taxonomy
Kitchinites spathi was named by Henderson and McNamara (1985). Its type specimen is WAM 84.632, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 8, Giralia Range [Miria Fm], which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Miria Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara p. 57 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,6,9,10,14,15; text-fig 6b,c |
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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.
†Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 6 | 15.1 | 9.50 | 29.8 | 15.0 | 7.11 | |
| shell diameter | 6 | 43.3 | 27.0 | 84.5 | 41.0 | 19.9 | |
| shell inflation | 6 | 17.0 | 10.8 | 33.5 | 15.4 | 7.96 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastrichtian | Australia (Western Australia) | Kitchinites spathi (83845 83850 83851 83852 83853 83855 83857 83861 83862 83864 157777 157778 157781 type locality: 157784 157785 157788 157789 157792) |