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Beckius plicatus
Taxonomy
Beckius plicatus was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is Richfield Oil 111, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jergins Oil Company, Chaney Ranch No. 1 (3543-3864 feet), which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Tumey Formation of California. It is the type species of Beckius.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1946 | Beckius plicatus David p. 55 figs. Plate 4, fig. 5 |
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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.
†Beckius plicatus David 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Beckius plicatus (type locality: 191015) |