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Sarda stockii
Taxonomy
Sarda stockii was named by David (1943). Its type specimen is LACM 1059, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT 334, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Modelo Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Sarda stockii David p. 31 |
| 1979 | Sarda stockii Bannikov p. 359 |
| 2012 | Sarda stockii Fierstine et al. p. 148 |
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†Sarda stockii David 1943
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. R. David 1943 | Head3|,depthofbodynearly4inlength. D. XIX or XX, 12, VII or VIII; A. 12, VI or VII. First dorsal originating above 7th vertebra, second dorsal above 25th, anal below 25th to 26th vertebra. Pectoral and ventral fins very small, caudal fin strongly lunate, caudal peduncle slender. Vertebra 24 + 21 = 45; very small scales evenly distributed over body. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (California) | Sarda stockii (45489) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Sarda stockii (type locality: 185670) |