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Mesodesma costaricensis
Taxonomy
Mesodesma costaricensis was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hill No. 3, Banana River [Rio Banano Fm], which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Mesodesma costaricensis Olsson pp. 265-266 figs. pl. 28, fig. 18 |
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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.
†Mesodesma costaricensis Olsson 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Piacenzian | Costa Rica | Mesodesma costaricensis (type locality: 134652) |