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Legitimocythere
Taxonomy
Legitimocythere was named by Coles and Whatley (1989).
It was assigned to Trachyleberididae by Guernet and Moullade (1994), Bergue and Govindan (2010).
It was assigned to Trachyleberididae by Guernet and Moullade (1994), Bergue and Govindan (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Legitimocythere Coles and Whatley |
| 1994 | Legitimocythere Guernet and Moullade |
| 2010 | Legitimocythere Bergue and Govindan |
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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.
G. †Legitimocythere Coles and Whatley 1989
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†Legitimocythere acanthoderma Coles and Whatley 1989
†Legitimocythere presequenta Benson 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Zanclean or 37.71000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Antarctica | L. presequenta (202741) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Antarctica | L. presequenta (202743 202752) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | North Atlantic | L. acanthoderma (201874 201875 201900) |