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Boreostemma gigantea
Taxonomy
Asterostemma gigantea was named by Carlini et al. (1997). Its type specimen is IGM 250928, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duke Locality 113 (La Venta Fauna), which is in a Laventan fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the La Victoria Formation of Colombia.
It was recombined as Boreostemma gigantea by Carlini et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Boreostemma gigantea by Carlini et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Asterostemma gigantea Carlini et al. p. 222 figs. 13.1 C_E |
| 2008 | Boreostemma gigantea Carlini et al. p. 142 |
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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.
†Boreostemma gigantea Carlini et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Laventan to the top of the Middle Miocene or 13.80000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Colombia | Asterostemma gigantea (13758) | |
| Laventan | Colombia | Asterostemma gigantea (13686 type locality: 13750 13754 13757) |