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Taxonomy
Lima bella was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 400 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. aspera, L. callovica, L. catalaunica, L. columbiae, L. cometi, L. complanata, L. elpasensis, L. eryx, L. janetae, L. joleaudi, L. kindopeensis, L. paleata, L. papillifera, L. saurassovi, L. soror, L. striatissima, L. swenanderi, L. utahensis, L. wynnei, L. yataensis, L. bittneri, L. brancoi, L. limopsis, L. occidentalis, L. schimperi, L. toarcensis, L. yeovilensis, L. boonei, L. virgulina
Synonymy list
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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.
†Lima bella Dickerson 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Priabonian | USA (Washington) | Lima bella (40733 91606 91607) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Washington) | Lima bella (type locality: 4900) |