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Parapolymixia californica
Taxonomy
Parapolymixia californica was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is CIT 10323, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Western Gulf Oil Company, Lillis Welch No. 1, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California. It is the type species of Parapolymixia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1946 | Parapolymixia californica David p. 63 figs. Plate 1, fig. 6; text-fig. 5 |
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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.
†Parapolymixia californica David 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Parapolymixia californica (190998 191000 191003 191006 191008 191009 type locality: 191014) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Alaska) | Parapolymixia californica (189957) |