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Murex kellumi
Taxonomy
Murex kellumi was named by Richards (1943). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silverdale Marl Quarry, which is in an Oligocene coastal sandstone in the Belgrade Formation of North Carolina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Murex kellumi Richards p. 524 figs. Plate 85, Fig. 3, 4 |
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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.
†Murex kellumi Richards 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (North Carolina) | Murex kellumi (type locality: 71652) |