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Taxonomy
Ostrea transitoria was named by Hupé (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Crassostrea transitoria by Griffin and Nielsen (2008).
It was recombined as Crassostrea transitoria by Griffin and Nielsen (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Ostrea transitoria Hupé figs. pl. 4, fig. 3 |
| 1854 | Ostrea maxima Hupé p. 323=383 figs. pl. 4, fig. 1 |
| 2008 | Crassostrea transitoria Griffin and Nielsen p. 22 |
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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.
†Crassostrea transitoria Hupé 1854
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Invalid names: Ostrea maxima Hupé 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene - Pliocene | Chile (Coquimbo ) | Ostrea maxima (221610) | |
| Pliocene | Chile (Coquimbo) | Ostrea transitoria (222344) |