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Taxonomy
Arca (Arca) petropolitana was named by Stenzel and Krause (1957) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bellonii, A. bravoensis, A. cancellata, A. carinata, A. gurgitis, A. limatella, A. macnairyensis, A. montensis, A. nana, A. pakistanica, A. pergracilis, A. securiculata, A. tailleburgensis, A. triasina, A. halmyrus, A. montensis, A. fruthi, A. stillicidum, A. mikkula, A. waltonia, A. fracta, A. gabrielis, A. veatchi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1957 | Arca (Arca) petropolitana Stenzel and Krause |
| 1965 | Arca (Arca) petropolitana Palmer and Brann p. 34 |
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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.
†Arca (Arca) petropolitana Stenzel and Krause 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family | |||||
| References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Arca petropolitana (41430) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Arca petropolitana (90656) |