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Galeodea californica
Taxonomy
Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica was named by Clark (1942). Its type specimen is UCMP 34376, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 7004, Simi Valley, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.
It was recombined as Galeodea californica by Beu (2008), Squires (2019), Hendy (2020).
It was recombined as Galeodea californica by Beu (2008), Squires (2019), Hendy (2020).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica Clark pp. 118 - 119 figs. Plate 19, figures 15-19 |
| 1984 | Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica Squires p. 26 |
| 1988 | Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica Squires p. 13 fig. 29 |
| 2008 | Galeodea californica Beu p. 288 |
| 2019 | Galeodea californica Squires |
| 2020 | Galeodea californica Hendy |
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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.
†Galeodea californica Clark 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (California) | Galeodea californica (8014) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Galeodea californica (5543 8012 8013 8015 166460 200725 200838) |