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Melchiorites shastensis
Taxonomy
Melchiorites shastensis was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 1348, Alderson Creek, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Melchiorites shastensis Anderson pp. 182 - 183 figs. Plate 40, figures 1, 2 |
| 1977 | Melchiorites shastensis Murphy and Rodda p. 81 figs. Figures 16, 17 |
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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.
†Melchiorites shastensis Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (California) | Melchiorites shastensis (90664 216330 type locality: 216432) |