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Ameranella kewi
Taxonomy
Nyctilochus kewi was named by Dickerson (1915). Its type specimen is UCMP 11054, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 458, Grapevine Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
It was recombined as Gyrineum kewi by Anderson and Hanna (1925); it was recombined as Mayena kewi by Nilsen (1987); it was recombined as Ameranella kewi by Beu (1998), Beu (2010).
It was recombined as Gyrineum kewi by Anderson and Hanna (1925); it was recombined as Mayena kewi by Nilsen (1987); it was recombined as Ameranella kewi by Beu (1998), Beu (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Nyctilochus kewi Dickerson |
| 1925 | Gyrineum kewi Anderson and Hanna p. 56 figs. Plate 10, figure 4; plate 13, figure 12 |
| 1987 | Mayena kewi Nilsen p. 91 |
| 1998 | Ameranella kewi Beu p. 79 |
| 2010 | Ameranella kewi Beu p. 116 |
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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.
†Ameranella kewi Dickerson 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Gyrineum kewi (191188) | |
| Bartonian | USA (California) | Mayena kewi (52828) Nyctilochus kewi (type locality: 122340) |