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Teneposita laeva
Taxonomy
Teneposita laeva was named by Loch (1989). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7199 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 7792, Carlsbad Research Center, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian coastal siliciclastic in the Point Loma Formation of California. It is the type species of Teneposita.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Teneposita laeva Loch pp. 575 - 577 figs. Figure 3.1 - 3.4 |
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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.
†Teneposita laeva Loch 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (California) | Teneposita laeva (99312) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (California) | Teneposita laeva (type locality: 176951) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (California) | Teneposita laeva (176952) |