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Liroceras meishanense
Taxonomy
Liroceras meishanense was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14807 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan Section, Meishan Mb Bed 6, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Liroceras meishanense Zhao et al. p. 71 figs. Pl 34, figs 1,2 |
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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.
†Liroceras meishanense Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 134.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 294.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 21.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | China (Zhejiang) | Liroceras meishanense (121648 type locality: 121649) |