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Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi
Taxonomy
Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi was named by Zullo (1969). Its type specimen is LACM 1209 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 305, K Ranch, which is in a Piacenzian coastal siliciclastic in the San Diego Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi Zullo p. 7 figs. Figs. 11-22 |
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†Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi Zullo 1969
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| V. A. Zullo 1969 | Ba/anus s.s. with conic , strongly ribbed or plicate shell and smalJ, untoothed, subtriangular orifice ; sutures between carinolateral s and carina linear and often obscured externally in older specimens; scutum with prominent growth ridges cut by deep longitudinal striae , giving a marked cancellate appearance to the exterior; beaked ter gum with broad , basally truncate spur and open spur furrow. |
Measurements
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Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Balanus kanakoffi (type locality: 122752 226581) |