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Gyrophioceras mineralense
Taxonomy
Paracaloceras (Gyrophioceras) mineralense was named by Taylor (1998). Its type specimen is NWMNH 25035, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New York Canyon, Shoshone Mountains (B. oregonensis assemblage), which is in an Angulata marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada.
It was recombined as Gyrophioceras mineralense by Longridge et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Gyrophioceras mineralense by Longridge et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Paracaloceras (Gyrophioceras) mineralense Taylor p. 490 figs. 21.3-21.6 |
| 2008 | Gyrophioceras mineralense Longridge et al. p. 390 figs. Pl 2, figs 23,24; text-fig 9Y |
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†Gyrophioceras mineralense Taylor 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 7.50 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 34.3 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 20.6 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Angulata or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Angulata | USA (Nevada) | Paracaloceras mineralense (157511) | |
| Angulata | USA (Oregon) | Paracaloceras mineralense (157506) | |
| Angulata | Canada (British Columbia) | Gyrophioceras mineralense (157385) |