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Megapetalus lovenioides
Taxonomy
Megapetalus lovenioides was named by Clark (1929). Its type specimen is LSJU 579, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU 667, which is in a Miocene marine shale/sandstone in the Modelo Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Megapetalus lovenioides Clark p. 260 figs. Plate 31, figs. 1-6 |
| 1938 | Megapetalus lovenioides Grant and Hertlein p. 138 |
| 1962 | Megapetalus lovenioides Zullo and Durham |
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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.
†Megapetalus lovenioides Clark 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Megapetalus lovenioides (194096 type locality: 200704) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | Megapetalus lovenioides (194099) |