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Echinocyamus petalus
Taxonomy
Echinocyamus petalus was named by Kier (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 563446 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eniwetok atoll, core E1, 2910-2920ft, which is in a Priabonian perireef or subreef limestone in the Marshall Islands.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Echinocyamus petalus Kier p. 1121 figs. Pl 302, figs 1-7; text-fig 330 |
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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.
†Echinocyamus petalus Kier 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Marshall Islands | Echinocyamus petalus (type locality: 45372 195884 195885 195886) |