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Calcarichelys gemma
Taxonomy
Calcarichelys gemma was named by Zangerl (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM PR129, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Burkville locality, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama. It is the type species of Calcarichelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl p. 87 figs. Figs. 56-58 |
| 1981 | Calcarichelys gemma Thurmond and Jones p. 127 |
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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.
†Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Calcarichelys gemma (type locality: 81935) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Calcarichelys gemma (82635) |