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Diatomoeca zatima
Taxonomy
Diatomoeca zatima was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
It was recombined as Lampris zatima by Jordan (1920); it was recombined as Lampris (Diatomoeca) zatima by David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Lampris zatima by Jordan (1920); it was recombined as Lampris (Diatomoeca) zatima by David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Diatomoeca zatima Jordan and Gilbert p. 58 figs. Plate XXIV, Fig. 3 |
| 1920 | Lampris zatima Jordan p. 473 |
| 1920 | Diatomoeca zatima Jordan and Gilbert p. 40 |
| 1943 | Lampris (Diatomoeca) zatima David p. 128 figs. Plate 15, figure 2 |
| 2012 | Lampris (Diatomoeca) zatima Fierstine et al. p. 58 |
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†Diatomoeca zatima Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available