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Taxonomy
Arca (Argina) brightonensis was named by Maury (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene or Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is PRI (unknown number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Lunarca brightonensis by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Lunarca brightonensis by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Arca (Argina) brightonensis Maury p. 46 figs. pl. 8, figs. 4-6 |
| 2008 | Lunarca brightonensis Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Lunarca brightonensis Maury 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 | |||||
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 | Trinidad and Tobago | Arca brightonensis (80168) |