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Taxonomy
Ostrea paracasensis was named by Rivera (1957). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lagunillas y Punta Pejerrey 1200 m, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1957 | Ostrea paracasensis Rivera p. 191 |
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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.
†Ostrea paracasensis Rivera 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene | Peru (Ica) | Ostrea paracasensis (type locality: 84675 84679 84683 84687) |