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Mogharaeceras priscum
Taxonomy
Knemiceras priscum was named by Douvillé (1916). Its type specimen is FSL.EM1871, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bir Lagama, Gabal Maghara, Sinai, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in Egypt. It is the type species of Mogharaeceras.
It was recombined as Mogharaeceras priscum by Bulot et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Mogharaeceras priscum by Bulot et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Knemiceras priscum Douville figs. Pl 16, figs 7,8; text-fig 36,37 |
| 1916 | Knemiceras priscum Douvillé p. 122 figs. Pl 16, figs 7,8; text-fig 36,37 |
| 2011 | Mogharaeceras priscum Bulot et al. p. 576 figs. 1-3 |
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†Mogharaeceras priscum Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 4 | 16.4 | 9.80 | 39.0 | 13.8 | 13.4 | |
| shell diameter | 4 | 29.3 | 18.5 | 66.0 | 24.6 | 21.9 | |
| shell inflation | 4 | 3.26 | 2.40 | 4.90 | 3.10 | 1.07 |
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Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 125.77000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barremian | Egypt | Knemiceras priscum (171269) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Egypt | Knemiceras priscum (type locality: 161857) | |
| Aptian | Egypt | Knemiceras priscum (171268) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Egypt | Knemiceras priscum (98327) |