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Petrochirus inequalis
Taxonomy
Petrochirus inequalis was named by Rathbun (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 324467, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amina River, Yaqui Valley, which is in a Messinian marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1919 | Petrochirus inequalis Rathbun p. 167 figs. Pl 9, figs 13-15 |
1935 | Petrochirus inequalis Rathbun p. 104 |
2010 | Petrochirus inequalis Schweitzer et al. p. 55 |
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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.
†Petrochirus inequalis Rathbun 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Florida) | Petrochirus inequalis (143895) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | Petrochirus inequalis (228607 228608 228609 228610 228620 228630 228631) | |
Messinian | Dominican Republic | Petrochirus inequalis (type locality: 135463) |