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Potamides chira
Taxonomy
Potamides chira was named by Olsson (1931). Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Potamides chira Olsson p. 88 figs. Plate 15, Fig. 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.
†Potamides chira Olsson 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Peru (Piura) | Potamides chira (type locality: 55431) |