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Taxonomy
Pteria howei was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30515, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP Loc. 3767, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian/Ypresian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aculeati, P. africana, P. caudata, P. coturnix, P. falcata, P. gansingensis, P. hofmanni, P. nitida, P. percompressa, P. petropolitana, P. phalaenacea, P. pygmaea, P. rostrata, P. serini, P. stoppanii, P. tanganyicensis, P. tofanae, P. tofaniea, P. ussurica, P. texturata, P. petropolitana, P. petropolitana
Synonymy list
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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.
†Pteria howei Nelson 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Voigt 1973 | |||||
Age range: Selandian or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Selandian | USA (California) | Pteria howei (239693) | |
| Selandian - Ypresian | USA (California) | Pteria howei (type locality: 239602) |