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Plesiolampas saharae
Taxonomy
Plesiolampas saharae was named by Bather (1904). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.A26282, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garadimi, Sokoto, which is in a Paleocene carbonate limestone in Niger.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1904 | Plesiolampas saharae Bather p. 293 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-5 |
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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.
†Plesiolampas saharae Bather 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene | Niger | Plesiolampas saharae (type locality: 97596 209411) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Niger (Tahoua) | Plesiolampas saharae (75234) |