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Taxonomy
Ostrea vicksburgensis was named by Conrad (1848) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6783; DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.
It was recombined as Alectryonia vicksburgensis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Alectryonella vicksburgensis by May (1974); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis by Dockery (1980) and Dockery (1982).
It was recombined as Alectryonia vicksburgensis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Alectryonella vicksburgensis by May (1974); it was recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis by Dockery (1980) and Dockery (1982).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1848 | Ostrea vicksburgensis Conrad p. 296 |
1919 | Ostrea vicksburgensis Harris p. 14 |
1940 | Ostrea vicksburgensis Mansfield p. 186 |
1965 | Alectryonia vicksburgensis Palmer and Brann p. 25 |
1974 | Alectryonella vicksburgensis May p. 54 |
1980 | Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Dockery p. 163 |
1982 | Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Dockery p. 53 |
2002 | Ostrea vicksburgensis Kosnik |
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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.
†Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available