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Paracymatoceras rufum
Taxonomy
Paracymatoceras rufum was named by Alsen (2006) [DISTRIBUTION: Valanginian; Greenland.]. Its type specimen is MGUH 28323, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Paracymatoceras rufum Alsen p. 124 figs. pl. 38, figs. P-S |
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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.
†Paracymatoceras rufum Alsen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 17.8 | 9.00 | 30.0 | 21.0 | 10.5 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 28.9 | 15.0 | 48.0 | 33.5 | 16.5 | |
| shell inflation | 3 | 1.03 | 0.600 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 0.436 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Valanginian | Greenland | Paracymatoceras rufum (83716) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | Greenland | Paracymatoceras rufum (83715) |