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Urocythereis californica
Taxonomy
Urocythereis californica was named by Hazel (1962). Its type specimen is gUensiversity of Missouri number 0-1220-3, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Woodring Loc. 43 - San Pedro [Lomita Marl], which is in a Pleistocene offshore marl in the Lomita Marl Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Urocythereis californica Hazel p. 824 figs. Text-figs. lb, 2b, 3d-f |
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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.
†Urocythereis californica Hazel 1962
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. E. Hazel 1962 | A large, coarsely reticulate species of the genus; subrectangular in lateral view and elliptical in end view. Hinge holamphidont with a large reniform posterior tooth. Marginal area with numerous straight radial canals. |
Measurements
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| References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Urocythereis californica (type locality: 217054) |