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Marcouxites spinifer
Taxonomy
Ceratites spinifer was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
It was recombined as Frechites spinifer by Spath (1934); it was recombined as Marcouxites spinifer by Monnet and Bucher (2005).
It was recombined as Frechites spinifer by Spath (1934); it was recombined as Marcouxites spinifer by Monnet and Bucher (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Ceratites spinifer Smith p. 103 figs. Pl 59, figs 1-10; pl 60, figs 1-12 |
| 1934 | Frechites spinifer Spath |
| 2005 | Marcouxites spinifer Monnet and Bucher p. 46 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-5 |
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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.
†Marcouxites spinifer Smith 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 4 | 28.2 | 26.0 | 30.6 | 28.3 | 3.25 | |
| shell diameter | 4 | 57.6 | 45.2 | 66.7 | 60.5 | 9.16 | |
| shell inflation | 4 | 17.1 | 14.7 | 20.0 | 17.4 | 3.75 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anisian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Frechites spinifer (212937 212969) | |
| Illyrian | USA (Nevada) | Ceratites spinifer (type locality: 142670) Marcouxites spinifer (115468) | |
| Illyrian | Israel | Ceratites spinifer (63948) |