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Maastrichtiella costellata
Taxonomy
Maastrichtiella costellata was named by Simon (2005). Its type specimen is IRScNB-MI 11002, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pesaken (Bosquet collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of the Netherlands. It is the type species of Maastrichtiella.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Maastrichtiella costellata Simon p. 148 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-5; pl 5, fig 1; text-fig 8 |
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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.
†Maastrichtiella costellata Simon 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 6 | 6.49 | 4.80 | 9.60 | 6.30 | 1.76 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liège) | Maastrichtiella costellata (170094) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Maastrichtiella costellata (170087 170088 170091 type locality: 170093) |