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Thyasira alaskana
Taxonomy
Thyasira alaskana was named by Kauffman (1969). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is USNM 140889, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is Carter Creek, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine sandstone in the Sagavanirktok Formation of Alaska.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Thyasira alaskana Kauffman p. 1103 figs. P1. 127, figs. 1-3, 6-9 |
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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.
Thyasira alaskana Kauffman 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.60800 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Alaska) | Thyasira alaskana (type locality: 199845) |