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Oraniceras scythicum
Taxonomy
Oraniceras scythicum was named by Mitta (2015). Its type specimen is PIN 5546/2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Right bank of Bolshoi Zelenchuk, upstream of Ispravnaya (locality 8), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Oraniceras scythicum Mitta p. 596 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-5; pl 4, figs 1-4 |
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†Oraniceras scythicum Mitta 2015
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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 | 33.8 | 24.0 | 62.0 | 29.5 | 15.8 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 81.9 | 49.0 | 195.0 | 76.5 | 58.7 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 22.1 | 9.00 | 84.0 | 17.6 | 30.5 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Bathonian | Russian Federation (Karachaevo-Cherkessiya) | Oraniceras scythicum (235064) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Russian Federation | Oraniceras scythicum (type locality: 174675) |