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Megalodon rostratiforme
Taxonomy
Megalodon rostratiforme was named by Krumbeck (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bilkófan, Waftau, western Buru Island, which is in a Lacian carbonate sandstone in the Fogi Formation of Indonesia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Megalodon rostratiforme Krumbeck p. 64 figs. Pl 4, figs 17a-c,18-21,22a,b |
| 1961 | Megalodon rostratiforme Hudson and Jefferies p. 34 figs. Pl 2, fig 22 |
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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.
†Megalodon rostratiforme Krumbeck 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| valve height | 1 | 8.10 |
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| Source: f = family | |||||
| Reference: Foote et al. 2024 | |||||