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Taxonomy
Cytherea antarctica was named by Sharman and Newton (1897) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Venus antarctica by Wilckens (1911); it was recombined as Eurhomalea antarctica by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992).
It was recombined as Venus antarctica by Wilckens (1911); it was recombined as Eurhomalea antarctica by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Cytherea antarctica Sharman and Newton p. 708 figs. pl. 1, fig. 3 |
| 1911 | Venus antarctica Wilckens p. 143 figs. pl. 1, fig. 15 |
| 1992 | Eurhomalea antarctica Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 78 |
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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.
†Eurhomalea antarctica Sharman and Newton 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Eurhomalea antarctica (63549) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica | Eurhomalea antarctica (72401 72405) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Eurhomalea antarctica (63551) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Antarctica | Eurhomalea antarctica (72394 72396 72397) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Antarctica | Eurhomalea antarctica (181517) |