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Taxonomy
Ostrea simiensis was named by Zinsmeister (1983). Its type specimen is UCR 6899/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.
It was recombined as Acutostrea simiensis by Moore (1987).
It was recombined as Acutostrea simiensis by Moore (1987).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Ostrea simiensis Zinsmeister p. 1286 figs. figs. 1e-1g |
| 1987 | Acutostrea simiensis Moore p. C30 figs. Plate 34, figures 4, 5 |
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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.
†Acutostrea simiensis Zinsmeister 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||