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Taxonomy
Mactra constricta was named by Wood (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sutton, Suffolk [Red Crag], which is in a Pliocene coastal siliciclastic in the Red Crag Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1850 | Mactra constricta Wood p. 249 figs. pl. 24, figs. 6a-c |
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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.
†Mactra constricta Wood 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 |
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mactra constricta (type locality: 84759) |