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Menuites gerardoi
Taxonomy
Menuites gerardoi was named by Salazar et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CPUC/Q/SV/1455, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Vicente (locality SV, beds with concretions), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Menuites gerardoi Salazar et al. p. 216 figs. 32, 36c-d, 37a-b, 38a-b, 39a-b, 40a-b |
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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.
†Menuites gerardoi Salazar et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 143.6 | 121.0 | 170.0 | 139.0 | 19.4 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 295.7 | 270.0 | 350.0 | 285.0 | 31.5 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 68.8 | 65.0 | 80.0 | 66.0 | 6.36 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Chile | Menuites gerardoi (type locality: 165502) |