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Taxonomy
Macrocallista inca was named by Olsson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Macrocallista inca Olsson p. 832 figs. pl. 8, figs. 1, 4 |
| 2008 | Macrocallista inca Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Macrocallista inca Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (Piura) | Macrocallista inca (type locality: 52523) |