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Benthosema minutum
Taxonomy
Benthosema minutum was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is AU V484, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cliffden Section, which is in an Altonian marine sandstone in the Calamity Point Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Benthosema minutum Schwarzhans p. 114 |
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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.
†Benthosema minutum Schwarzhans 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Altonian or 19.00000 to 15.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Benthosema minutum (type locality: 219622) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (North Shore) | Benthosema minutum (219523 219524) |