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Plicatula modjeskaensis
Taxonomy
Plicatula modjeskaensis was named by Squires and Saul (1997). Its type specimen is LACMIP 8056, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 10888, Santiago Peak, which is in a Turonian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Ladd Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. auricola, P. clarki, P. costata, P. eroessa, P. follis, P. freneixae, P. gurgitis, P. himalayensis, P. hydrotheca, P. incongrua, P. kobyi, P. laevigata, P. lepidota, P. oceani, P. oepybolis, P. periobricata, P. pustula, P. radiola, P. renniei, P. reynesi, P. sinaiensis, P. sinnbishris, P. somarisensis, P. sudrensis, P. weymouthiana, P. lexoviensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Plicatula modjeskaensis Squires and Saul p. 292 figs. 3.12-3.18 |
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†Plicatula modjeskaensis Squires and Saul 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (California) | Plicatula modjeskaensis (194023) | |
| Turonian | USA (California) | Plicatula modjeskaensis (type locality: 194022) |