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Periploma acuta
Taxonomy
Periploma acuta was named by Anelli et al. (2006) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is GP/1T 2159, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cape Melville Fm - Hard Ground section, King George Island, which is in a Miocene offshore mudstone in the Cape Melville Formation of Antarctica.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Periploma acuta Anelli et al. p. 129 figs. figs. 10a-f |
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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.
†Periploma acuta Anelli et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Antarctica | Periploma acuta (type locality: 75591) |