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Platyceras tenella
Taxonomy
Patella tenella was named by Dana (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Pileopsis tenella by Dana (1849); it was recombined as Capulus tenellus by Wanner (1922); it was recombined as Platyceras tenella by Fletcher (1958).
It was recombined as Pileopsis tenella by Dana (1849); it was recombined as Capulus tenellus by Wanner (1922); it was recombined as Platyceras tenella by Fletcher (1958).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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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.
†Platyceras tenella Dana 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Knight et al. 1960 | |||||
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sakmarian | Australia (New South Wales) | Patella tenella (type locality: 119250) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | Indonesia | Capulus tenellus (39614) |