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Murphitys madonna
Taxonomy
Murphitys madonna was named by Popenoe and Saul (1987). Its type specimen is SDSNH 25958, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SDNHM Loc. 3162-A - approximately 6.1 m below a calcareous marker bed, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marginal marine /sandstone in the Point Loma Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Murphitys madonna Popenoe and Saul pp. 27 - 28 figs. Figures 157 - 164 |
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†Murphitys madonna Popenoe and Saul 1987
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul 1987 | Moderately large, biangulate Murphitys which have four subequal denticulations along the outer lip and two strong folds on the columella. |