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Saxituberosa fons
Taxonomy
Saxituberosa fons was named by Squires and Saul (2006). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13354, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 1588, Warm Springs Mountain, which is in a Danian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the San Francisquito Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Saxituberosa fons Squires and Saul pp. 72 - 73 figs. Figures 8 – 11, 21 |
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†Saxituberosa fons Squires and Saul 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2006 | A Saxituberosa with moderately low spire and strongly noded sculpture. Pleural angle 90°. Suture can be obscured by shell material on ramp. Columella with two folds immediately posterior to siphonal canal. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||