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Taxonomy
Lima (Limaria) orcutti was named by Hertlein and Grant (1972). Its type specimen is LACMIP T-4509, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 305C, south of Tia Juana River, which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the San Diego Formation of California.
It was recombined as Limaria (Limaria) orcutti by Moore (1987); it was recombined as Limaria orcutti by Squires (2012).
It was recombined as Limaria (Limaria) orcutti by Moore (1987); it was recombined as Limaria orcutti by Squires (2012).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Lima (Limaria) orcutti Hertlein and Grant p. 215 figs. pl. 35, fig. 11 |
| 1987 | Limaria (Limaria) orcutti Moore p. C16 |
| 2012 | Limaria orcutti Squires p. 76 |
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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.
†Limaria (Limaria) orcutti Hertlein and Grant 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Limaria orcutti (239469) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Lima orcutti (type locality: 226581) |