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Taxonomy
Macrocallista andersoni was named by Dickerson (1915). Its type specimen is CAS 269 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
It was recombined as Callista andersoni by Givens and Kennedy (1979) and Nilsen (1987).
It was recombined as Callista andersoni by Givens and Kennedy (1979) and Nilsen (1987).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1915 | Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson p. 54 figs. Plate 4, figures la, lb |
1979 | Callista andersoni Givens and Kennedy p. 90 |
1987 | Callista andersoni Nilsen p. 90 |
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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.
†Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 |
Collections (17 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Eocene | USA (California) | Macrocallista andersoni (type locality: 207112 207114) | |
Lutetian | USA (California) | Callista andersoni (200760 200762 200763 200764 200765) Macrocallista andersoni (194412 194413 194414 200655) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Callista andersoni (194185 202054 202056) | |
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Washington) | Callista andersoni (203152) | |
Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Macrocallista andersoni (139020 203164) |