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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) awajiensis
Taxonomy
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) awajiensis was named by Morozumi (1985). Its type specimen is OMNH M205, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aw7, Nagata, which is in a Campanian marine siltstone in the Seidan Formation of Japan.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) awajiensis Morozumi p. 18 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2; pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, figs 1,2; text-fig 4 |
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†Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) awajiensis Morozumi 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 55.3 | 50.5 | 60.5 | 55.5 | 7.07 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 124.1 | 115.5 | 133.4 | 124.5 | 12.7 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 27.5 | 21.3 | 35.4 | 28.4 | 9.97 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian | Japan | Pachydiscus awajiensis (type locality: 176805 176806) |