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Crypthelia vetusta
Taxonomy
Crypthelia vetusta was named by Wells (1976). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Vaingana, Eua Island, which is in an Eocene basin reef limestone in Tonga.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Crypthelia vetusta Wells |
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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.
†Crypthelia vetusta Wells 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Tonga | Crypthelia vetusta (type locality: 70950) |