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Alpinites zigzag
Taxonomy
Alpinites zigzag was named by Becker (2002). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.3430, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Taourart, 11 km south of Fezzou, which is in a Famennian marine horizon in Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Alpinites zigzag Becker p. 57 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-13; text-figs 1B-H,2A,2B |
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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.
†Alpinites zigzag Becker 2002
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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 | 16.0 | 7.80 | 29.5 | 17.1 | 9.29 | |
| shell diameter | 4 | 26.2 | 12.6 | 48.0 | 28.5 | 15.2 | |
| shell inflation | 4 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | - |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Famennian | Poland | Alpinites zigzag (172628) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Morocco | Alpinites zigzag (172593 type locality: 172595 172626 172627) |