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Salumiphocaena stocktoni
Taxonomy
Loxolithax stocktoni was named by Wilson (1973). Its type specimen is UCMP 34576, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dacelite Quarry, which is in a Tortonian marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California.
It was recombined as Salumiphocaena stocktoni by Barnes (1985), Fajardo-Mellor et al. (2006) and Uhen et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Salumiphocaena stocktoni by Barnes (1985), Fajardo-Mellor et al. (2006) and Uhen et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Loxolithax stocktoni Wilson pp. 3-4 figs. Fig. 1-9 |
| 1985 | Salumiphocaena stocktoni Barnes p. 157 |
| 2006 | Salumiphocaena stocktoni Fajardo-Mellor et al. p. 911 |
| 2008 | Salumiphocaena stocktoni Uhen et al. p. 591 |
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†Salumiphocaena stocktoni Wilson 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available