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Astarte tecticosta
Taxonomy
Astarte tecticosta was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aitkeni, A. alta, A. antipodum, A. ayersi, A. boum, A. camertonensis, A. cantabrigiensis, A. contjeani, A. cotteausia, A. culebrensis, A. curvirostris, A. deltoidea, A. depressa, A. depressoides, A. didimtuensis, A. elegans, A. eugonia, A. fimbriata, A. griesbachi, A. hobleyi, A. kenti, A. laurentiana, A. lonjiensis, A. madseni, A. mandawaensis, A. martini, A. mitoleensis, A. nummus, A. obsoleta, A. packardi, A. pindiroensis, A. polymorpha, A. pretriangulata, A. pulfreyi, A. pumila, A. rotunds, A. scanensis, A. seanensis, A. sieversi, A. spissa, A. subminima, A. trigonula, A. venatorum, A. veneriformis, A. veneris, A. sima, A. paphia, A. pasiphae, A. subsenecta, A. veneriformis, A. isosceles, A. cotteausia, A. icaunensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Astarte tecticosta von Koenen p. 34 figs. Pl 4, fig 7 |
| 1957 | Astarte tecticosta Dartevelle and Freneix p. 131 |
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†Astarte tecticosta von Koenen 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Turonian | Cameroon | Astarte tecticosta (type locality: 209694) |