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Taxonomy
Ostrea venturana was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31751 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 10035, Coyote Creek, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
It was recombined as Ostreola venturana by Moore (1987).
It was recombined as Ostreola venturana by Moore (1987).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Ostrea venturana Loel and Corey p. 193 figs. Plate 15, figure 2; plate 18, figures 1, 2 |
| 1987 | Ostreola venturana Moore p. C29 figs. Plate 31, figure 7; plate 33, figure 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.
†Ostreola venturana Loel and Corey 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Ostrea venturana (238137 238169 238170 238180 238182 238184) |