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Carpolithes lunatus
Taxonomy
Carpolithes lunatus was named by Hickey (1977). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 167535. Its type locality is Heart River Bluffs (USNM 14051), which is in a Clarkforkian channel siltstone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. affinis, C. amygdalinus, C. amygdaloides, C. atlantidis, C. belensis, C. biocculatus, C. bispermus, C. braceoides, C. breviangulatus, C. brevicristatus, C. caryopsiformis, C. caryotoides, C. cicciformis, C. circumscriptus, C. colletioides, C. costatus, C. dicellaformis, C. diospyriformis, C. disciformis, C. fanguloides, C. folliculiformis, C. fruciferinus, C. greppinii, C. hydrophylloides, C. inusitatus, C. japonicus, C. keuperiana, C. kneehillensis, C. liasinus, C. lineatus, C. metrosideroides, C. minor, C. morrisii, C. musaeformis, C. napaearum, C. nimrodis, C. nyssaeformis, C. olssoni, C. ovulum, C. peruvianus, C. plurioccultatus, C. populoides, C. punctatostriatus, C. radiatopunctatus, C. reticulatorugosus, C. rutoides, C. sphaericus, C. subalatus, C. sulcatus, C. tenuepunctatus, C. verrucosus, C. virginianus, C. webstericides, C. zizyphoides, C. zoroastri
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Carpolithes lunatus Hickey p. 153 figs. Pl. 53, figs. 8-16 |
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†Carpolithes lunatus Hickey 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: Clarkforkian or 56.20000 to 54.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkforkian | USA (North Dakota) | Carpolithes lunatus (type locality: 10805) |