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Maxwellia eldridgei
Taxonomy
Murex eldridgei was named by Arnold (1907). Its type specimen is USNM 164955, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Purpura (Jaton) eldridgei by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Jaton eldridgei by Stanton (1966); it was recombined as Maxwellia eldridgei by Hendy (2021).
It was recombined as Purpura (Jaton) eldridgei by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Jaton eldridgei by Stanton (1966); it was recombined as Maxwellia eldridgei by Hendy (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Murex eldridgei Arnold p. 537 figs. pl. 50, fig. 12 |
| 1931 | Purpura (Jaton) eldridgei Grant, IV and Gale |
| 1966 | Jaton eldridgei Stanton pp. text-fig. 2 |
| 2021 | Maxwellia eldridgei Hendy |
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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.
†Maxwellia eldridgei Arnold 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (California) | Purpura eldridgei (96911) | |
| Zanclean - Gelasian | USA (California) | Maxwellia eldridgei (214267) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Maxwellia eldridgei (203114) Murex eldridgei (203113) |