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Taxonomy
Promytilus retusus was named by Chronic (1952). Its type specimen is Mus N. Ariz G2.347, a valve (Left valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Bottomless Pits, Bed 9, Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Promytilus retusus Chronic p. 144 figs. Pl 7, figs 12-15 |
| 1967 | Liebea vaengensis Kulikov |
| 1984 | Promytilus retusus Muromtseva and Guskov p. 40 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,3-12,20 |
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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.
†Promytilus retusus Chronic 1952
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Invalid names: Liebea vaengensis Kulikov 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 15 | 9.13 | 5.50 | 22.1 | 8.80 | 4.40 |
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kungurian | Russian Federation | Promytilus retusus (97001 113905 113940 113941 113942 113943 113944 113945 113948) | |
| Roadian | USA (Arizona) | Promytilus retusus (39998 type locality: 39999 40000) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation | Promytilus retusus (113946 113947) |