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Taxonomy
Macrocallista densa was named by Moody (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 11086, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3030, Fourth and Hill Streets, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Macrocallista densa Moody p. 58 figs. Plate 2, Figures 1a and 1b |
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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.
†Macrocallista densa Moody 1916
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Macrocallista densa (type locality: 186031) |