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Taxonomy
Dosinia (Dosinia) sicarisinus was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-K4877, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. acetabulm, D. acetabulum, D. acetabulum, D. acetabulum, D. akaisiana, D. amphidesmoides, D. angulosa, D. basteroti, D. bensoni, D. biscota, D. burmeisteri, D. contracta, D. delettrei, D. depressa, D. distans, D. dubiosa, D. exilium, D. exolerata, D. exoletus, D. forgemoli, D. gruneri, D. haddonfieldensis, D. hepatica, D. incisa, D. isocardia, D. japonica, D. juvenilis, D. juvenis, D. kaneharai, D. laeviuscula, D. laeviusucula, D. lakemba, D. lambata, D. lenticulata, D. lentiformis, D. longilunata, D. maeotica, D. meridionalis, D. nanus, D. ongleyi, D. orbicularia, D. palmerae, D. pencillata, D. plana, D. polyptyx, D. ponderosa, D. pubescens, D. rakhiensis, D. sericea, D. stabilis, D. steinmanni, D. striatissima, D. troscheli, D. umbonaria, D. whitleyi, D. basteroti, D. lambata, D. lupines, D. anus, D. waitakiensis, D. stabilis, D. angulosa, D. dilecta, D. penicillata, D. trailli, D. boettegeri, D. cuspidata, D. delicatissim, D. lambata, D. meridionalis, D. salarensis, D. concentrica, D. concentruca, D. mathewsoni, D. palmeriae, D. sua, D. ongleyi, D. suteri, D. kaneharai, D. kaneharai, D. densicostata, D. mackayi, D. waiparaensis, D. lupinus, D. undulata, D. cumingii, D. ettyuensis, D. exasperata, D. japonica, D. laminata, D. maoriana, D. owadaensis, D. subrosea, D. troscheli, D. powelli, D. globa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Dosinia (Dosinia) sicarisinus Kensley and Pether pp. 206, 208 figs. 39, 40 |
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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.
†Dosinia (Dosinia) sicarisinus Kensley and Pether 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986 | Shell proportions somewhat variable, generally longer than wide but occasionally wider than long. Sculpture of concentric lines, barely lamellose anteriorly and posteriorly. Lunule well defined; escutcheon lacking. Pallial sinus horizontal to slightly ascending, apically narrowed. Left and right hinges with small anterior lateral tooth set at angle to anterior cardinal tooth; posterior cardinal tooth in right valve bifid; anterior cardinal tooth in left valve much less markedly bifid, with very narrow longitudinal slit. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Dosinia sicarisinus (118306 118317) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Dosinia sicarisinus (118308) |