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Plekonella multicostata
Taxonomy
Plekonella multicostata was named by Waterhouse (1964). Its type specimen is NZGS BR430 and is a mold. Its type locality is GS4651, Deep Creek (G45/f8592), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the AG4 Formation of New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Plekonella multicostata Waterhouse p. 94 figs. Pl 17, figs 14-18; pl 18, figs 1,2; text-figs 32B,36-39 |
| 1976 | Plekonella multicostata Waterhouse p. 239 figs. 4.17-4.21 |
| 1982 | Plekonella multicostata Waterhouse p. 52 figs. Pl 13a-c |
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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.
†Plekonella multicostata Waterhouse 1964
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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 | 8.31 | 6.00 | 11.6 | 8.35 | 2.49 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | New Zealand (Southland) | Plekonella multicostata (39926 39928 39929 39930 39931 type locality: 41768 41771 41774) |