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Mosaethyris felderi
Taxonomy
Mosaethyris felderi was named by Simon (2005). Its type specimen is NHMM GK 586, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nieuwe Weg, Zeven Wegen, Vijlenerbosch (62D-15b), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of the Netherlands. It is the type species of Mosaethyris.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Mosaethyris felderi Simon p. 152 figs. Pl 5, figs 2-5; text-fig 9 |
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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.
†Mosaethyris felderi 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 | 5 | 6.89 | 6.50 | 7.50 | 6.80 | 0.406 |
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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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Mosaethyris felderi (type locality: 170087 170088) |