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Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi
Taxonomy
Typhis sawkinsi was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352673, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9219 - Brasso Clay, which is in a Miocene marine claystone in the Brasso Clay Formation of Trinidad and Tobago.
It was recombined as Laevityphis (Laevityphis) sawkinsi by Keen (1944); it was recombined as Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi by Gertman (1969) and Perrilliat (1992).
It was recombined as Laevityphis (Laevityphis) sawkinsi by Keen (1944); it was recombined as Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi by Gertman (1969) and Perrilliat (1992).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1925 | Typhis sawkinsi Mansfield p. 48 figs. pl. 2, fig. 11 |
1944 | Laevityphis (Laevityphis) sawkinsi Keen pp. 59, 67 |
1969 | Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi Gertman p. 175 |
1992 | Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi Perrilliat p. 25 |
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†Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi Mansfield 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available