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Paracyathus bastropensis
Taxonomy
Paracyathus bastropensis was named by Vaughan and Popenoe (1935). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 11696 Colorado River, which is in a Danian coastal claystone in the Kincaid Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Paracyathus bastropensis Vaughan and Popenoe |
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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.
†Paracyathus bastropensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| height | 22 | 6.11 | 3.94 | 10.1 | 5.76 | 1.86 |
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | USA (Texas) | Paracyathus bastropensis (98701 type locality: 122602 122612) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Texas) | Paracyathus bastropensis (91775) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | USA (Texas) | Paracyathus bastropensis (86237) |