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Tetragonites silencioensis
Taxonomy
Tetragonites silencioensis was named by Ifrim et al. (2013). Its type specimen is CPC-793, a shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Union y Progreso, which is in a Campanian prodelta shale in the Parras Formation of Mexico.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Tetragonites silencioensis Ifrim et al. p. 885 fig. 3.2 |
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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.
†Tetragonites silencioensis Ifrim et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 8.30 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 20.8 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 6.20 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Campanian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Tetragonites silencioensis (type locality: 171307) |