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Ptilotorhynchus delicatum
Taxonomy
Ptilotorhynchus delicatum was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 148219, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Ptilotorhynchus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Ptilotorhynchus delicatum Cooper and Grant p. 2011 figs. Pl 508, figs 72-76; pl 513, figs 1-18; pl 552, figs 15,16 |
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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.
†Ptilotorhynchus delicatum Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 10.6 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 272.30000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Ptilotorhynchus delicatum (102602) | |
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | Ptilotorhynchus delicatum (101867 105898 106108 106244) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Ptilotorhynchus delicatum (101798 101809 102618 102624 105893 105895 106242 106243 106246 106248 106249) | |
| Capitanian | USA (New Mexico) | Ptilotorhynchus delicatum (81629) |