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Mucophyllum mcintyrei
Taxonomy
Mucophyllum mcintyrei was named by Merriam (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 159453 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS. loc. M87, south side of Mallethead Ridge, Klamath Mountains, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gazelle Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Mucophyllum mcintyrei Merriam p. 33 figs. Plate 6, figures 9, 10 |
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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.
†Mucophyllum mcintyrei Merriam 1972
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. W. Merriam 1972 | Thick patellate Mucophyllum; markedly convex calice platform slopes abruptly inward to steep-sided calice pit, and slopes more gently outward toward reflexed rim. Tabulae straight, thick, and closely spaced beneath flat-bottomed pit. Longer septa terminate at edge of tabularium. Stereozone vertically thickest below convex inflection of calice platform, thins peripherally to sharp rim. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||