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Myoconcha americana
Taxonomy
Myoconcha americana was named by Stanton (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 23042 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northwest of Stephenson Place, Cold Ford of Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian basinal (siliceous) mudstone/sandstone in the Stony Creek Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. acteon, M. aperina, M. aquatensis, M. bassani, M. bassanii, M. boehmi, M. brunneri, M. brunneri, M. brunneri, M. costulata, M. delta, M. dilatata, M. esinensis, M. francojurensis, M. gaultina, M. longaperina, M. lorioli, M. maximilian, M. maximilianleuchtenbergensis, M. modesta, M. mulleri, M. ovulum, M. planata, M. qingyunensis, M. quadricosta, M. sabaudiana, M. saemanni, M. scalprosa, M. texta, M. transatlantica, M. valenciennesi, M. wohrmanni, M. dilatata
Synonymy list
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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.
†Myoconcha americana Stanton 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hauterivian - Barremian | USA (California) | Myoconcha americana (type locality: 117991) |