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Busycon epispiniger
Taxonomy
Busycon epispiniger was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 112034, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2212 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Busycon epispiniger Gardner p. 454 figs. pl. L, fig. 6 |
| 2008 | Busycon epispiniger Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Busycon epispiniger Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Busycon epispiniger (type locality: 42250) |