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Pterosirenites auritus
Taxonomy
Pterosirenites auritus was named by Tozer (1980). Its type specimen is GSC 28734 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68180, Mount McLearn, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Baldonnel Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Pterosirenites.
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.
†Pterosirenites auritus Tozer 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell diameter | 6 | 50.9 | 34.8 | 88.0 | 43.2 | 22.3 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||