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Taxonomy
Ostrea paroxis was named by Lesueur (1829) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 340441, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1829 | Ostrea paroxis Lesueur figs. pl. 8, fig. 17 |
1982 | Ostrea paroxis Dockery p. 53 |
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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.
†Ostrea paroxis Lesueur 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003 |
Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma
Collections (27 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | Ostrea paroxis (5500 5501 5779 5791 5820 5941 5942 5943 5944 6002 6005 7110 7111 7114 66308 66309 66313 66327 66328 66329 66330 66331 66332 66333 66334 66335 66336) |