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Plesiospitidiscus breskovskii
Taxonomy
Plesiospitidiscus breskovskii was named by Cecca et al. (1998). Its type specimen is Museum of Cagli PE 376, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Series PE, Hill E, Monte Petrano, which is in a Hauterivian offshore lime mudstone in the Maiolica Formation of Italy.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Plesiospitidiscus breskovskii Cecca et al. p. 71 figs. Pl 2, figs 5-17; text-figs 6a-d, 10h-n |
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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.
†Plesiospitidiscus breskovskii Cecca et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 14 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 21.5 | 16.5 | 3.13 | |
| shell diameter | 14 | 34.1 | 25.5 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 6.32 | |
| shell inflation | 14 | 6.40 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 6.50 | 1.34 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | Italy | Plesiospitidiscus breskovskii (168437 168438 168439 168440 type locality: 168444 168445 168446 168449) |