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Chesapecten coccymelus
Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) coccymelus was named by Dall (1898).
It was recombined as Chesapecten (Chesapecten) coccymelus by Ward (1992); it was recombined as Chesapecten coccymelus by Ward and Blackwelder (1975), Gibson (1987) and Ward (1998).
It was recombined as Chesapecten (Chesapecten) coccymelus by Ward (1992); it was recombined as Chesapecten coccymelus by Ward and Blackwelder (1975), Gibson (1987) and Ward (1998).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1898 | Pecten (Chlamys) coccymelus Dall p. 741 figs. Plate 34, Fig. 1 |
1904 | Pecten (Chlamys) coccymelus Glenn p. 374 |
1975 | Chesapecten coccymelus Ward and Blackwelder p. 8 figs. Plate 3, figures 1, 2; plate 7, figures 14, 15 |
1987 | Chesapecten coccymelus Gibson p. 74 |
1992 | Chesapecten (Chesapecten) coccymelus Ward p. 72 |
1998 | Chesapecten coccymelus Ward p. 80 |
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†Chesapecten coccymelus Dall 1898
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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L. W. Ward and B. W. Blackwelder 1975 | Chesapecten coccymelus is a small Chesapecten, usually less than 60 mm in height, having very high distally concave spines and unequal auricles, the anterior auricle being longer than the posterior. |
Measurements
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Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Chesapecten coccymelus (48887) | |
Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Chesapecten coccymelus (18579) | |
Burdigalian | USA (Maryland) | Chesapecten coccymelus (70593) | |
Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Chesapecten coccymelus (69024) | |
Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Pecten coccymelus (70830) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Virginia) | Chesapecten coccymelus (80038) |