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Carpolithus provoensis
Taxonomy
Carpolithus provoensis was named by Chandler (1966). Its type specimen is BYU 50, a seed/fruit, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Last Chance Road / Willow Springs, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian lacustrine - small sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Utah.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Carpolithus provoensis Chandler p. 162 |
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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.
†Carpolithus provoensis Chandler 1966
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. E. J. Chandler 1966 | Integument or cupule rounded-obconical elongate, lobes free only at flattened apex where there are five ? pointed unequal segments. Base with two short unequal facets inclined at an angle of 90° and, on opposite side, a short deep cleft. Surface irregularly longitudinally furrowed, many furrows short and discontinuous. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Carpolithus provoensis (type locality: 221973) |