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Glyptospira turrita
Taxonomy
Glyptospira turrita was named by Erwin (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 419259, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM712b, 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 | Glyptospira turrita Erwin p. 877 figs. 9.25 - 9.30 |
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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.
†Glyptospira turrita 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 | 4 | 5.07 | 4.50 | 6.80 | 4.65 | 1.10 |
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Bandel et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | Glyptospira turrita (101780) | |
| Artinskian | USA (New Mexico) | Glyptospira turrita (101770 type locality: 101771) |