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Tectiretites malus
Taxonomy
Tectiretites malus was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 455/46344, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uskalyk River, W of Umbetovo, which is in a Kinderscoutian offshore shelf limestone in the Russian Federation.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Tectiretites malus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 265 figs. Pl 32, figs 7-9; text-fig 89a,b |
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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.
†Tectiretites malus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
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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 | 10.9 | 3.60 | 24.5 | 12.7 | 8.71 | |
| shell diameter | 4 | 28.7 | 12.5 | 52.0 | 32.4 | 16.2 | |
| shell inflation | 4 | 10.0 | 7.20 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 2.42 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Kinderscoutian or 321.80000 to 321.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinderscoutian | Russian Federation | Tectiretites malus (type locality: 67750 67769) |