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Promyalina spathi
Taxonomy
Myalina spathi was named by Newell and Kummel (1942). Its type specimen is AMNH 28349 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Melrose, Claraia zone, Beaverhead County, which is in a Griesbachian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Dinwoody Formation of Montana.
It was recombined as Promyalina spathi by Ciriacks (1963) and Hofmann et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Promyalina spathi by Ciriacks (1963) and Hofmann et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1942 | Myalina spathi Newell and Kummel p. 956 figs. Pl 3, fig 11 |
1963 | Promyalina spathi Ciriacks p. 76 figs. Pl 16, fig 6 |
2013 | Promyalina spathi Hofmann et al. p. 864 fig. 8.2 |
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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.
†Promyalina spathi Newell and Kummel 1942
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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 | 22.0 | - | - | - | - | |
valve height | 2 | 29.4 | 25.8 | 33.5 | 29.6 | 5.44 |
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References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Changhsingian - Griesbachian | China (Guizhou) | Promyalina spathi (205986 205993) | |
Induan | USA (Idaho) | Promyalina spathi (105398) | |
Griesbachian | USA (Montana) | Myalina spathi (type locality: 105392) Promyalina spathi (150714 150715 150716 150717 150718 150722) | |
Griesbachian | USA (Wyoming) | Promyalina spathi (150701 150704 150705 150706 150710) | |
Spathian | USA (Utah) | Promyalina spathi (122207) | |
Dienerian | USA (Utah) | Promyalina spathi (150735) |