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Tritonalia dorrancei
Taxonomy
Tritonalia dorrancei was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31617 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A602, Santa Ynez Mountains, which is in a Miocene coastal conglomerate in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Murex aciculata, Murex corallina, Murex decussata, Murex decussatus, Murex edwardsi, Murex miscowicki, Murex pallaryi, Murex purpruoides, Purpura austriaca, Purpura confluens, Purpura delbosiana, Purpura erinacea, Purpura granulifera, Purpura kojumdgievae, Purpura volzi, T. cala, T. cala, T. cellulosa, T. lurida, T. lurida, T. lurida, T. parva, T. purpuroides, T. scabrosa, T. urgonense
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Tritonalia dorrancei Loel and Corey pp. 247 - 248 figs. Plate 47, figures 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b |
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†Tritonalia dorrancei Loel and Corey 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Tritonalia dorrancei (type locality: 238183) |