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Fidelites fidelis
Taxonomy
Goniatites fidelis was named by Barrande (1865). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Koneprusy, Acanthopyge Limestone (Barrande collection), which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Chotec Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Fidelites.
It was recombined as Agoniatites (Fidelites) fidelis by Chlupac and Turek (1983), Göddertz (1987); it was recombined as Fidelites fidelis by Korn and Klug (2002).
It was recombined as Agoniatites (Fidelites) fidelis by Chlupac and Turek (1983), Göddertz (1987); it was recombined as Fidelites fidelis by Korn and Klug (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Goniatites fidelis Barrande figs. Pl 8, figs 1-17, 19-23 |
| 1983 | Agoniatites (Fidelites) fidelis Chlupac and Turek p. 47 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-11; text-fig 7 |
| 1987 | Agoniatites (Fidelites) fidelis Göddertz p. 147 figs. Pl 2, figs 10-13; pl 3, figs 1-3; text-fig 9 |
| 2002 | Fidelites fidelis Korn and Klug p. 81 |
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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.
†Fidelites fidelis Barrande 1865
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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 | 18.0 | 4.60 | 55.0 | 24.0 | 20.1 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 33.7 | 9.50 | 102.0 | 41.5 | 37.5 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 4.35 | 1.50 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 5.53 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eifelian | Czechia | Agoniatites fidelis (172687 172718 172719 172720) Goniatites fidelis (172717) | |
| Eifelian | Algeria | Agoniatites fidelis (40364 40458 40459 40461 40462) | |
| Eifelian | Morocco | Fidelites fidelis (38750 38785 38788 38791 38797 38798) | |
| Eifelian | Czechia (Barrandia) | Agoniatites fidelis (12252) | |
| Eifelian | Czechia (Koneprusy) | Agoniatites fidelis (12257) |