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Gyretes giganteus
Taxonomy
Dineutes giganteus was named by Piton (1940). Its type specimen is MNHN IPM R-06998, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
It was recombined as Gyretes giganteus by Nel (1989).
It was recombined as Gyretes giganteus by Nel (1989).
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.
†Gyretes giganteus Piton 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available