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Comptonia columbiana
Taxonomy
Comptonia columbiana was named by Dawson (1890). It is not extant. Its type locality is North Fork of Similkameen River, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in the Allenby Formation of Canada.
It was synonymized subjectively with Comptonia diforme by Knowlton (1919).
It was synonymized subjectively with Comptonia diforme by Knowlton (1919).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Comptonia columbiana Dawson |
| 1987 | Comptonia columbiana Wolfe and Wehr p. 21 |
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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.
†Comptonia columbiana Dawson 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 56.00000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Comptonia columbiana (type locality: 121046 227994) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Comptonia columbiana (179231) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Comptonia columbiana (11537 11538 11539) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Oregon) | Comptonia columbiana (35238) |