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Diaphus theta
Taxonomy
Diaphus theta was named by Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1890). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. acutirostrum, D. adenomus, D. befralai, D. cavallonis, D. cyrano, D. depresifrons, D. excavatus, D. kokeni, D. muraii, D. pedmontanus, D. praerafinesquii, D. pristismetallis, D. prspicillatoides, D. pulcher, D. quadrangularis, D. rafinesquei, D. rubus, D. shizukuishiensis, D. sulci, D. taanigni, D. trapezoidalis, D. licatae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Diaphus theta Eigenmann and Eigenmann |
| 1969 | Diaphus theta Fitch p. 5 |
| 2012 | Diaphus theta Fierstine et al. p. 53 |
| 2013 | Diaphus theta Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 113 |
| 2015 | Diaphus theta Welton p. 11 |
| 2021 | Diaphus theta Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 22 |
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Diaphus theta Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Diaphus theta (219858 219859) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Diaphus theta (19703) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Diaphus theta (219853 219855) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Diaphus theta (194882) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Diaphus theta (219033 219857) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Diaphus theta (84881) |