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Taxonomy
Paphia (Callithaca) tenerrima alta was named by Waterfall (1929). Its type specimen is UCMP 31418 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 7088, Hall Canyon, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene marine horizon in the Saugus Formation of California.
It was recombined as Protothaca (Callithaca) tenerrima alta by Hertlein and Grant (1972).
It was recombined as Protothaca (Callithaca) tenerrima alta by Hertlein and Grant (1972).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Paphia (Callithaca) tenerrima alta Waterfall p. 85 figs. Plate 6, figure 1 |
| 1972 | Protothaca (Callithaca) tenerrima alta Hertlein and Grant p. 278 figs. Text-Figure 12 |
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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.
†Protothaca (Callithaca) tenerrima alta Waterfall 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Paphia tenerrima (220006) |