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Comptonia predryandroides
Taxonomy
Comptonia predryandroides was named by Berry (1926). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Joseph Creek, which is in an Eocene lacustrine shale in the Chu Chua Formation of Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Comptonia predryandroides Berry p. 101 |
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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.
†Comptonia predryandroides Berry 1926
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. W. Berry 1926 | The lobes are triangular in outline, about as wide as long, bluntly pointed, nearly straight sided, with the intervening sinuses nearly triangular instead of very narrow and acute. |
Measurements
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Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Comptonia predryandroides (type locality: 227791) |