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Metorthonema sinistrale
Taxonomy
Metorthonema sinistrale was named by Erwin (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 400668, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM712a, Elwood Siding, Orogrande, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of New Mexico.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Metorthonema sinistrale Erwin p. 571 figs. 1.31 - 1.33 |
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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.
†Metorthonema sinistrale Erwin 1988
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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 | 6.57 | 5.83 | 7.40 | 6.62 | 1.11 |
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Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (New Mexico) | Metorthonema sinistrale (type locality: 101795 101797) |