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Christitys medica
Taxonomy
Christitys medica was named by Popenoe and Saul (1987). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7282, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4106, Clover Creek, which is in a Santonian marine sandstone in the Redding Formation of California. It is the type species of Christitys.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1987 | Christitys medica Popenoe and Saul pp. 29 - 30 figs. Figures 169, 170, 172 - 177 |
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†Christitys medica Popenoe and Saul 1987
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul 1987 | Compactly turriculate Christitys whichhave an angulate periphery broad enough to display three to four spiral nbs. |