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Mesodictyon magnum
Taxonomy
Mesodictyon magnum was named by Theriot and Bradbury (1987). Its type specimen is ANSP A-G.C. 6425 5a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Diatom Locality 14 I 80-40N, West Browns Creek, which is in a Miocene lacustrine siltstone/ash in the Chalk Hills Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Mesodictyon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Mesodictyon magnum Theriot and Bradbury pp. 357 - 358 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-4; pl. 2 f. 1-5 |
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†Mesodictyon magnum Theriot and Bradbury 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Idaho) | Mesodictyon magnum (type locality: 191558) |