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Parastenodus gillensis
Taxonomy
Parastenodus gillensis was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is Richfield Oil 110, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seaboard Oil Corp.,Gill No. 1 (3935 ft and deeper assemblages), which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1946 | Parastenodus gillensis David p. 55 figs. Plate 4, fig. 4 |
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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.
†Parastenodus gillensis David 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Parastenodus gillensis (191002 type locality: 191006) |