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Bayhaium merriamorum
Taxonomy
Bayhaium merriamorum was named by Langenheim and McCutcheon (1959). Its type specimen is UCMP 37683 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. B-2044, Gray Rocks, which is in a Wolfcampian shallow subtidal limestone in the McCloud Formation of California. It is the type species of Bayhaium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1959 | Bayhaium merriamorum Langenheim, Jr. and McCutcheon p. 100 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-6 |
| 1982 | Bayhaium merriamorum Wilson p. 75 figs. 43a-g |
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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.
†Bayhaium merriamorum Langenheim, Jr. and McCutcheon 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wolfcampian | USA (California) | Bayhaium merriamorum (62689 type locality: 229655) | |
| Sakmarian | USA (California) | Bayhaium merriamorum (62679 62680) |