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Platyteichum costatum
Taxonomy
Platyteichum costatum was named by Campbell (1953). Its type specimen is UQ F14181, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dry Creek, lower sandstone unit, Ingelara, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Ingelara Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Platyteichum costatum Campbell p. 23 figs. pl. 7 f. 11-14 |
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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.
†Platyteichum costatum Campbell 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 28.8 | 27.0 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 1.92 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 25.7 | 23.0 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 2.68 |
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (Queensland) | Platyteichum costatum (type locality: 97270) |