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Murphitys corona
Taxonomy
Murphitys corona was named by Popenoe and Saul (1987). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7273, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1053, Santiago Creek, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Ladd Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Murphitys corona Popenoe and Saul p. 27 figs. Figures 146 - 156 |
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†Murphitys corona Popenoe and Saul 1987
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul 1987 | Plump Murphitys which have a doubly subangulate periphery demarked by the two strongest spiral ribs. The outer lip bears about five nearly equal denticulations. |