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Morus recentior
Taxonomy
Miosula recentior was named by Howard (1949). Its type specimen is LACM 2117/1071, a limb element (left tibiotarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Curlew Street & Ostego Drive, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in the San Diego Formation of California.
It was recombined as Morus recentior by Chandler (1990).
It was recombined as Morus recentior by Chandler (1990).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Miosula recentior Howard |
| 1956 | Miosula recentior Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1958 | Miosula recentior Miller and Bowman p. 9 |
| 1972 | Miosula recentior Howard p. 6 |
| 1990 | Morus recentior Chandler p. 112 |
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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.
†Morus recentior Howard 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blancan | USA (California) | Morus recentior (178008 178019) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Miosula recentior (type locality: 125944) |