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Loriolithyris melaitensis
Taxonomy
Loriolithyris melaitensis was named by Middlemiss (1980). Its type specimen is Gentil Collection no. S. 556/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ait Ben Melait, Ida ou Guelluill, Gentil Collection, which is in a Barremian deep subtidal shelf marl/limestone in Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Loriolithyris melaitensis Middlemiss p. 528 figs. Pl. 55, Fig. 10-11; Text Fig. 12 |
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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.
†Loriolithyris melaitensis Middlemiss 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 2 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 0.318 |
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.90000 to 125.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hauterivian | Morocco (Western High Atlas) | Loriolithyris melaitensis (2065) | |
| Hauterivian | Morocco | Loriolithyris melaitensis (66593) | |
| Barremian | Morocco | Loriolithyris melaitensis (type locality: 66579) |