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Amphiscapha peruviana
Taxonomy
Amphiscapha peruviana was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 27007/1:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 39a, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Amphiscapha peruviana Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 3.43 | 2.80 | 4.20 | 3.50 | 0.990 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960 | |||||
Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Asselian - Sakmarian | Peru (Ayacucho) | Amphiscapha peruviana (41371) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | Peru (Apurimac) | Amphiscapha peruviana (type locality: 41356) | |
| Artinskian | Peru (Amazonas) | Amphiscapha peruviana (41340) |