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Taxonomy
Pinnarctidion bishopi was named by Barnes (1979). Its type specimen is UCMP 86334, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pyramid Hill, upper concretion-bearing bed, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Jewett Formation of California. It is the type species of Pinnarctidion.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Pinnarctidion bishopi Barnes p. 16 figs. Figures 6-15, 17a, 19a, 21a |
| 2003 | Pinnarctidion bishopi Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2008 | Pinnarctidion bishopi Barnes p. 528 |
| 2018 | Pinnarctidion bishopi Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 1 |
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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.
†Pinnarctidion bishopi Barnes 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Aquitanian or 27.30000 to 20.45000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | USA (California) | Pinnarctidion bishopi (11601) | |
| Aquitanian | USA (California) | Pinnarctidion bishopi (type locality: 19485) |