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Cristipluma mississippiensis
Taxonomy
Cristipluma mississippiensis was named by Bishop (1983). Its type specimen is GSCM 1685 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GAB37, Blue Springs Locality, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal mudstone in the Coon Creek Formation of Mississippi. It is the type species of Cristipluma.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Cristipluma mississippiensis Bishop p. 428 figs. 3K, 8A-C |
| 2010 | Cristipluma mississippiensis Schweitzer et al. p. 99 |
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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.
†Cristipluma mississippiensis Bishop 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | Cristipluma mississippiensis (type locality: 139733) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (mississippi) | Cristipluma mississippiensis (232464) |