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Megasurcula howei
Taxonomy
Megasurcula howei was named by Hanna and Hertlein (1938). Its type specimen is CAS 7082 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 64, north of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Megasurcula howei Hanna and Hertlein p. 107 figs. pl. 21, figs. 10, 12, 13 |
| 1970 | Megasurcula howei Addicott p. 132 figs. Plate 18, figures 17, 21-23 |
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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.
†Megasurcula howei Hanna and Hertlein 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Megasurcula howei (type locality: 237345 237346) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Megasurcula howei (206393) |