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Pseudaspidites wheeleri
Taxonomy
Pseudaspidites wheeleri was named by Kummel and Steele (1962). Its type specimen is USNM 74936 and is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Pseudaspidites wheeleri Kummel and Steele p. 673 figs. pl. 101, fig. 1 |
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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.
†Pseudaspidites wheeleri Kummel and Steele 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 | 4 | 26.7 | 11.0 | 50.0 | 31.5 | 17.4 | |
| shell diameter | 4 | 46.2 | 19.6 | 80.0 | 55.7 | 27.5 | |
| shell inflation | 4 | 5.60 | 5.00 | 6.50 | 5.40 | 0.777 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Triassic | USA (Idaho) | Clypeoceras muthianum (33285) | |
| Smithian | USA (Idaho) | Clypeoceras muthianum (33288 33293) | |
| Smithian | USA (Nevada) | Pseudaspidites wheeleri (61515 62096) | |
| Smithian | Oman | Pseudaspidites wheeleri (73233) |