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Plectrites classeni
Taxonomy
Plectrites classeni was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920). Its type specimen is Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 313, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Plectrites classeni Jordan and Gilbert p. 29 figs. Plate XVIII |
| 1925 | Plectrites classeni Jordan p. 31 |
| 1943 | Plectrites classeni David p. 27 |
| 2012 | Plectrites classeni Fierstine et al. p. 121 |
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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.
†Plectrites classeni Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
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Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (California) | Plectrites classeni (type locality: 45489) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Plectrites classeni (185671 185673) |