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Lithospermites glabrum
Taxonomy
Lithospermites glabrum was named by Berry (1929). It is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Belen, Punta Pariñas, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Peru. It is the type species of Lithospermites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Lithospermites glabrum Berry |
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†Lithospermites glabrum Berry 1929
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. W. Berry 1929 | Nutles of variable size, with the following range of dimensios: Length 3.5 to 5.5 millimeters; longest diameter 2.5 to 4.0 millimeters; shortest diameter 2.5 to 3.5 millimeters. They are asymmetrically inflated, cuspidately pointed. Hilum large, basal eccentric. Surface smooth and crustaceous, no ridges or keel developed. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru (Piura) | Lithospermites glabrum (64545) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Peru | Lithospermites glabrum (type locality: 139872) |