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Coccodentalium emersoni

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Coccodentalium emersoni was named by Squires (1988). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7690 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 979 [Juncal Fm], which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone/sandstone in the Juncal Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Coccodentalium emersoni Squires p. 7 figs. Figures 7. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusCoccodentaliumSacco 1896
speciesemersoni

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.

Coccodentalium emersoni Squires 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires 1988lnterspaces between noded longitudinal primary ribs with only one unnoded secondary rib of uniform size.