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Ganoessus meiklejohni
Taxonomy
Lembicus meiklejohni was named by Jordan (1925). Its type specimen is SU 691, now CAS 55476, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Featherstone Quarry, Covina, which is in a Miocene marine claystone in the Puente Formation of California.
It was recombined as Ganoessus meiklejohni by David (1943), Fierstine et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Ganoessus meiklejohni by David (1943), Fierstine et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Lembicus meiklejohni Jordan p. 42 figs. Plate 11-b |
| 1943 | Ganoessus meiklejohni David p. 95 |
| 2012 | Ganoessus meiklejohni Fierstine et al. p. 20 |
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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.
†Ganoessus meiklejohni Jordan 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Lembicus meiklejohni (type locality: 186045) |