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Astartella cavernata
Taxonomy
Astartella cavernata was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 27047/1:2, a valve (Left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH286, Bed 7, Cerro Caya Caya Section 18, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Peru.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Astartella cavernata Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 1 | 7.30 | - | - | - | - | |
| valve height | 2 | 6.12 | 5.20 | 7.20 | 6.20 | 1.41 |
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| Source: superf = superfamily | |||||
| Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | Peru (Amazonas) | Astartella cavernata (type locality: 41340) |