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Taxonomy
Mytilosootus arcuatus was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 441596, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 3, which is in a Ypresian delta plain sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Mytilosootus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Mytilosootus arcuatus Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 54 figs. pl. 3, fig. A |
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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.
†Mytilosootus arcuatus Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available