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Alamirifica corona
Taxonomy
Alamirifica corona was named by Saul and Squires (2003). Its type specimen is LACMIP 12922 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 8170, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian shoreface sandstone in the Ladd Formation of California. It is the type species of Alamirifica.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Alamirifica corona Saul and Squires p. 447 figs. Figure 2.14–2.16 |
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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.
†Alamirifica corona Saul and Squires 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2003 | Shell medium, narrow pleural angle, six-sided py- ramidal-shaped upper spire, three primary spiral cords on spire and five on last whorl, secondary spiral cords present near suture, many spiral threads cover shell; aperture round and rimmed, bordered by expanded spiny varix, anterior canal moderately long, very narrow, and enclosed. |
Measurements
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