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Molopophorus stephensoni
Taxonomy
Molopophorus stephensoni was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 422 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Molopophorus stephensoni Dickerson |
| 1938 | Molopophorus stephensoni Clark and Anderson p. 952 figs. Plate 3, figure 13 |
| 1938 | Molopophorus stephensoni Effinger p. 383 |
| 1944 | Molopophorus stephensoni Durham p. 171 |
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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.
†Molopophorus stephensoni Dickerson 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Canada (British Columbia) | Molopophorus stephensoni (209751) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | Molopophorus stephensoni (40733 91606) | |
| Priabonian | USA (California) | Molopophorus stephensoni (205787) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Washington) | Molopophorus stephensoni (type locality: 4900) |