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Busycon foerstei
Taxonomy
Busycon foerstei was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 3671802, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7148 - Gastopod Gulch [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Georgia.
It was recombined as Turrifulgur foerstei by Petuch (1988).
It was recombined as Turrifulgur foerstei by Petuch (1988).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1947 | Busycon foerstei Gardner p. 452 figs. pl. XLIX, figs. 19, 20 |
1988 | Turrifulgur foerstei Petuch p. 24 |
2008 | Busycon foerstei Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Busycon foerstei Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available