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Ghazalaites roohiae
Taxonomy
Ghazalaites roohii was named by Ware and Bucher (2018). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIMUZ30248, a shell. Its type locality is Nammal Nala, LMH-4, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone/breccia in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.
It was corrected as Ghazalaites roohiae by Jenks et al. (2025).
It was corrected as Ghazalaites roohiae by Jenks et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Ghazalaites roohii Ware and Bucher |
| 2025 | Ghazalaites roohiae Jenks et al. p. 11 figs. 6A-F |
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†Ghazalaites roohiae Ware and Bucher 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 15.7 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 28.6 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 2.50 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dienerian | USA (Nevada) | Ghazalaites roohiae (238993) | |
| Dienerian | China (Xizang) | Ghazalaites roohii (229695 229697 229729 229781 229782 229783) | |
| Dienerian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Ghazalaites roohii (217561 217562 217563 217564 217572 217573 217581 217583 217590) | |
| Dienerian | Pakistan (Punjab) | Ghazalaites roohii (type locality: 217480 217481 217500 217501 217508) |