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Scutaster vaquerosensis kewi
Taxonomy
Scutaster vaquerosensis kewi was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31717, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A335, Grimes Canyon, Oak Ridge, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Scutaster vaquerosensis kewi Loel and Corey |
| 1938 | Scutaster vaquerosensis kewi Grant and Hertlein p. 95 |
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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.
†Scutaster vaquerosensis kewi Loel and Corey 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Scutaster vaquerosensis (238136 type locality: 238142 238144) |