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Grovesia castacensis
Taxonomy
Cypraea castacensis was named by Stewart (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 11690 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) castacensis by Perrilliat et al. (2003); it was recombined as Grovesia castacensis by Groves and Squires (2023).
It was recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) castacensis by Perrilliat et al. (2003); it was recombined as Grovesia castacensis by Groves and Squires (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Cypraea castacensis Stewart p. 370 figs. pl. 28, fig. 10 |
| 1984 | Cypraea castacensis Squires p. 23 |
| 2003 | Eocypraea (Eocypraea) castacensis Perrilliat et al. p. 49 figs. 39, 40 |
| 2023 | Grovesia castacensis Groves and Squires p. 28 figs. Figures 8M-P, 9A-B |
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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.
†Grovesia castacensis Stewart 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Eocene | USA (California) | Cypraea bayerquei (type locality: 207116) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Cypraea castacensis (8013 201700) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Grovesia castacensis (193972) |