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Macroscaphites soaresi
Taxonomy
Neosilesites soaresi was named by Da Silva (1962). Its type specimen is MLMG Coimbra 436/57, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Macroscaphites soaresi by Kennedy et al. (2009).
It was recombined as Macroscaphites soaresi by Kennedy et al. (2009).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Neosilesites soaresi Da Silva p. 19 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-3; text-fig 4 |
| 2009 | Macroscaphites soaresi Kennedy et al. p. 38 figs. 1-3 |
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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.
†Macroscaphites soaresi Da Silva 1962
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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 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 23.2 | 18.1 | 7.21 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 63.7 | 49.3 | 82.3 | 65.8 | 23.3 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 34.6 | 27.5 | 43.6 | 35.5 | 11.4 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Aptian | Mozambique | Macroscaphites soaresi (177193) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | South Africa | Macroscaphites soaresi (177192) |