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Paratirolites quadratus
Taxonomy
Paratirolites quadratus was named by Korn and Ghaderi (2016). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.25296, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ali Bashi N, -1.70 m, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Ali Bashi Formation of Iran.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Paratirolites quadratus Korn and Ghaderi p. 866 fig. 25 |
| 2021 | Paratirolites quadratus Korn and Hairapetian p. 57 figs. 38, 39 |
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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.
†Paratirolites quadratus Korn and Ghaderi 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 20.8 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 62.3 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 24.2 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | Iran | Paratirolites quadratus (type locality: 181460) |