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Lampanyctus petrolifer
Taxonomy
Lampanyctus petrolifer was named by David (1943). Its type specimen is UCMP 10166, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT 326, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Modelo Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Lampanyctus petrolifer David p. 62 |
| 2012 | Lampanyctus petrolifer Fierstine et al. p. 54 |
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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.
†Lampanyctus petrolifer David 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Lampanyctus petrolifer (type locality: 152598 179733) |