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Shwedagonia elegans
Taxonomy
Shwedagonia elegans was named by Batten (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 125279 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM703b, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Shwedagonia elegans Batten |
| 1958 | Shwedagonia elegans Batten p. 228 figs. Pl 39, figs 3-8,11-17 |
| 2022 | Shwedagonia elegans Rohr et al. p. 356 figs. 2J-N |
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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.
†Shwedagonia elegans Batten 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 38 | 10.2 | 4.48 | 23.2 | 10.4 | 4.04 | |
| shell diameter | 38 | 10.3 | 4.78 | 25.4 | 10.6 | 4.62 |
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | Shwedagonia elegans (43482) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Shwedagonia elegans (43491 43492 43495 43496 43504 43510 43513 type locality: 43515 43517 43560 43582 81644 81942 81949) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Shwedagonia elegans (43512 43553 81640 81693 101767) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Shwedagonia elegans (75969) |