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Volborthella titanius
Taxonomy
Campitius titanius was named by Firby and Durham (1974). Its type specimen is UCMP 10761 (radula) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. D-3974, Westgard Pass, White-Inyo Mountains, which is in a Waucoban coastal siliciclastic in the Campito Formation of California.
It was recombined as Volborthella titanius by Yochelson (1977), Yochelson and Kisselev (2003).
It was recombined as Volborthella titanius by Yochelson (1977), Yochelson and Kisselev (2003).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Campitius titanius Firby and Durham p. 1112 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 3-7; Pl. 2, figs. 1-15; Text-figs. 4, 5 |
| 1977 | Volborthella titanius Yochelson p. 449 |
| 2003 | Volborthella titanius Yochelson and Kisselev p. 15 |
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†Volborthella titanius Firby and Durham 1974
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. B. Firby and J. W. Durham 1974 | radula with large, numerous gently arcuate conical denticles having a slightly concave base, apparently arranged in transverse rows of about 9, the most com- plete specimens indicat,e that there were at least 40 rows disposed along an elongate, probably fleshy, ribbon. Mineralogically the denticles are composed of grains of ilmenite arranged in cyclic bands within a quartz (prob- ably originally opal) matrix. The available denticles vary in shape from short, wide based cones (3.0 mm by 3.5 mm) to long thin based ones (3.14 by 0.96 mm); within each organized specimen the denticles vary only slightly in size, the more extreme shapes are of isolated denticles; some have only a slightly hooked tip; others are more strongly arcuate. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available