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Parapuzosia americana
Taxonomy
Parapuzosia americana was named by Scott and Moore (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Del Rio road from Eagle Pass, which is in a Campanian carbonate limestone in the Austin Chalk Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Parapuzosia americana Scott and Moore p. 275 figs. Pl 37, figs 1,3 |
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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.
†Parapuzosia americana Scott and Moore 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 430.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 1030.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 270.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Texas) | Parapuzosia americana (type locality: 178885) |