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Mexicella grandoculus
Taxonomy
Mexicella grandoculus was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grapevine Mountains (USGS 4141-CO), which is in a Delamaran shallow subtidal lime mudstone/wackestone in the Carrara Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Mexicella grandoculus Palmer and Halley p. 109 figs. Plate 13, figures 5, 9, 10 |
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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.
†Mexicella grandoculus Palmer and Halley 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Delamaran | USA (California) | Mexicella grandoculus (type locality: 149619 149641 149644) | |
| Delamaran | USA (Nevada) | Mexicella grandoculus (149606) |