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Eoplectodonta california
Taxonomy
Eoplectodonta california was named by Boucot et al. (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 409897 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM loc. 12878, Red Amphitheatre, Funeral Mountains, which is in a Wenlock deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Hidden Valley Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Eoplectodonta california Boucot et al. p. 110 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 6-13 |
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†Eoplectodonta california Boucot et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. J. Boucot et al. 1988 | Larger Eoplectodonta; with transverse outline; ventral umbo not strongly inrolled; number of primary costae variable, commonly 20 to 25; without rugae; ventral myophragm faint, lower than that of any known Eoplectodonta species. |