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Copris pristinus
Taxonomy
Copris pristinus was named by Pierce (1946). Its type specimen is LACMIP 2850, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rancho La Brea, Pit A (LACMIP 88), which is in a Rancholabrean tar tar in California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1946 | Copris pristinus Pierce p. 124 figs. 4-9, 18, 19 |
| 1981 | Copris pristinus Miller et al. p. 626 |
| 2016 | Copris pristinus Tarasov et al. p. 18 |
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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.
†Copris pristinus Pierce 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Rancholabrean or 0.30000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Copris pristinus (type locality: 152007 152008 152009) |