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Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti
Taxonomy
Proadusta deserti was named by Abbass (1963). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is el Kelabia, South Esna, which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Dakhla Formation of Egypt.
It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata deserti by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti by Groves (1994).
It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata deserti by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti by Groves (1994).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Proadusta deserti Abbass pp. 86-87 figs. pl. 11 f. 13-13a |
| 1971 | Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata deserti Schilder and Schilder pp. 25, 110 |
| 1994 | Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti Groves p. 27 |
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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.
†Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti Abbass 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt | Proadusta deserti (180640) |