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Spondylus cliffensis
Taxonomy
Spondylus cliffensis was named by Hanna (1927) [TYPE LOCALITY: California; Rose Canyon Shale (Eocene).]. Its type specimen is UCMP 31025 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCR loc. 4922, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal shelf shale in the Ardath Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Spondylus cliffensis Hanna p. 278 figs. pl. 32, figs. 2, 7 |
| 1987 | Spondylus cliffensis Moore p. 7 |
| 1990 | Spondylus cliffensis Squires and Demetrion p. 386 |
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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.
†Spondylus cliffensis Hanna 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||