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Pycnosterinx discoides
Taxonomy
Pycnosterinx discoides was named by Heckel (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Russegger collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1849 | Pycnosterinx discoides Heckel p. 340 figs. Pl 23, fig 3 |
| 1850 | Pycnosterinx discoides Pictet p. 14 |
| 1866 | Pycnosterinx discoides Pictet and Humbert p. 38 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2 |
| 1887 | Pycnosterinx discoides Davis p. 532 figs. Pl 27, fig 3 |
| 1964 | Pycnosterinx discoides Patterson p. 377 |
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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.
†Pycnosterinx discoides Heckel 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | Pycnosterinx discoides (170327 221187 type locality: 221189 221226) |