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Geyerella kingorum
Taxonomy
Geyerella kingorum was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 150970o, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM705, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Geyerella kingorum Cooper and Grant pp. 381-383 figs. Pl 119, figs 1-31; pl 120, figs 1-33; pl 124, figs 1-10 |
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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.
†Geyerella kingorum Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 15 | 16.5 | 2.70 | 38.8 | 21.0 | 11.2 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gzhelian | USA (Texas) | Geyerella kingorum (105974) | |
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | Geyerella kingorum (43468 43469 43474 43475 43479 43481 43482 75952 75953 105823) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Geyerella kingorum (type locality: 43533) |