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Mentzelia paucicostata
Taxonomy
Mentzelia paucicostata was named by Yang and Xu (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is FM-7, Machangping, Fuquan County, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Qingyan Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Mentzelia paucicostata Yang and Xu p. 57 figs. Pl 8, figs 8,9; text-fig 54 |
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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.
†Mentzelia paucicostata Yang and Xu 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 7.85 | 7.70 | 8.00 | 7.85 | 0.212 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pelsonian - Illyrian | China (Guizhou) | Mentzelia paucicostata (type locality: 152031) |