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Ringsteadia evoluta
Taxonomy
Ringsteadia evoluta was named by Salfeld (1917). Its type specimen is GZG 449/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Osmington, near Weymouth, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Sandsfoot Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Ringsteadia evoluta Salfeld p. 84 figs. Pl 12, fig 1 |
| 2010 | Ringsteadia evoluta Wright p. 37 figs. Pl 6, figs 3,6; pl 8, figs 3-5; text-figs 6J,L, 7L |
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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.
†Ringsteadia evoluta Salfeld 1917
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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 | 34.9 | 22.7 | 44.6 | 38.4 | 9.48 | |
| shell diameter | 4 | 103.7 | 63.0 | 130.0 | 119.0 | 30.6 | |
| shell inflation | 4 | 40.4 | 23.9 | 55.9 | 44.6 | 13.4 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | United Kingdom (Dorset) | Ringsteadia evoluta (163949 163951 type locality: 163952 163953 163954 163955) |