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Marathonites moorei
Taxonomy
Vidrioceras moorei was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 248-T-8 (B-5), Creek NW of Chico, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Caddo Creek Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Marathonites moorei by Bogoslovskaya (1990).
It was recombined as Marathonites moorei by Bogoslovskaya (1990).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Vidrioceras moorei Plummer and Scott p. 132 figs. Pl 30, figs 8-12 |
| 1990 | Marathonites moorei Bogoslovskaya p. 71 |
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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.
†Marathonites moorei Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 4.50 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 8.00 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 0.650 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kasimovian | USA (Texas) | Vidrioceras moorei (type locality: 128644) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Texas) | Vidrioceras moorei (128645) |