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Spatangus tapinus
Taxonomy
Spatangus tapinus was named by Schenck (1928). Its type specimen is SDSNH 52 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SDSNH 261 Timber Canyon, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Matilija Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Spatangus tapinus Schenck p. 198 figs. Plate 24, figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| 1938 | Spatangus tapinus Grant and Hertlein p. 133 |
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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.
†Spatangus tapinus Schenck 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Spatangus tapinus (type locality: 200715) |