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Laytonia californica
Taxonomy
Laytonia californica was named by David (1943). Its type specimen is CIT 10224, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel, south entrance, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Modelo Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Laytonia californica David p. 13 |
| 1948 | Laytonia californica David p. 94 |
| 2012 | Laytonia californica Fierstine et al. p. 13 |
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†Laytonia californica David 1943
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| L. R. David 1943 | D.II,8-94;A.98;P.6;V.9;54+90=144vertebrae. Head 6 in body, depth of body a little more than 13. First dorsal originating 26th vertebra, 2\ times nearer end of snout than caudal end of body. |