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Metriolepis pedicosa
Taxonomy
Metriolepis pedicosa was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 153086a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Metriolepis pedicosa Cooper and Grant p. 2723 figs. Pl 717, figs 1-17 |
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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.
†Metriolepis pedicosa Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 6.50 | 3.54 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian | USA (Texas) | Metriolepis pedicosa (81939 101867 102619 105896 105902 106108 106138 106139 106244 106245) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Metriolepis pedicosa (81618 105894 105895 106243 106248 106249) |