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Christitys martini
Taxonomy
Christitys martini was named by Popenoe and Saul (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 400975, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area 23: Whalers Creek, Chignik Lagoon, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Chignik Formation of Alaska.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1987 | Christitys martini Popenoe and Saul p. 30 figs. Figures 171, 178 - 182 |
1993 | Christitys martini Elder and Saul figs. Pl 1, fig 2 |
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†Christitys martini Popenoe and Saul 1987
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul 1987 | Pyriform Christitys which have a bluntly angulate periphery defined by two spiral ribs. |