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Macoma (Macoma) paralenis
Taxonomy
Macoma paralenis was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 157907, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.
It was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) paralenis by Gardner (1947).
It was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) paralenis by Gardner (1947).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. aomoriensis, M. arcata, M. arcatata, M. arnoldi, M. asagaiensis, M. brevifrons, M. calcaria, M. calcaria, M. chulgunensis, M. clallamensis, M. cuspidata, M. dispar, M. erycinoides, M. gorenlandica, M. gracilis, M. groenlandica, M. inclinata, M. indentata, M. irma, M. izurensis, M. kamtschatica, M. karaginskiensis, M. kirkinskaja, M. lipara, M. lissonii, M. litoralis, M. lorenzoensis, M. middendorffii, M. nagaoi, M. nasuta, M. nasuta, M. nigeriensis, M. nipponica, M. optiva, M. orbicularis, M. orientalis, M. osacamensis, M. panamensis, M. parabilella, M. planiuscula, M. planiusculus, M. plebeia, M. poretschiensis, M. praeorbiculata, M. praetexta, M. pseudomera, M. ralpha, M. ralphi, M. rekinnensis, M. sachalinensis, M. scalaroides, M. scarlotoi, M. sectior, M. sejugata, M. seminuda, M. simiensis, M. spambergensis, M. subulosa, M. tenta, M. tokyoense, M. tokyoensis, M. truncatoides, M. uruuayensis, M. vasiljevskii, M. vialovi, M. vicksburgensis, M. virginiana, M. virginicana, M. wynoocheensis, M. wynoochensis, M. yoldiiformis, M. talahabensis, M. telahabensis, M. vendryesi, M. vancouverensis, M. izurensis, M. moesta, M. moesta, M. nipponica, M. optiva, M. perplana, M. petalum, M. praetexta, M. sejugata, M. tokyoensis, M. holmesii, M. hosfordensis, M. hybrida, M. tagua, M. sectior, M. shiratoriensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Macoma (Macoma) paralenis Gardner p. 201 figs. pl. 30, fig. 20-21 |
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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.
†Macoma (Macoma) paralenis Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 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) | Macoma paralenis (type locality: 42482) |