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Zestoceras nitidum
Taxonomy
Zestoceras nitidum was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28770 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68236, Boiler Canyon, Liard River, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Zestoceras nitidum Tozer p. 159 figs. Pl 80, figs 9a,b; text-fig 63e |
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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.
†Zestoceras nitidum Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 15.1 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 43.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 17.2 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Longobardian | Canada (British Columbia) | Zestoceras nitidum (type locality: 138616) |