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Lysis mickeyi
Taxonomy
Lysis mickeyi was named by Saul and Squires (2008). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13374 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 10757, Bear Creek, which is in a Coniacian shoreface sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Lysis mickeyi Saul and Squires p. 123 figs. Figures 11-16 |
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†Lysis mickeyi Saul and Squires 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008 | A relatively high spired Lysis with eight or nine strong cords on last whorl; shelf moderately broad, somewhat depressed, and shallowly concave. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Coniacian or 89.30000 to 86.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Coniacian | USA (California) | Lysis mickeyi (type locality: 220404) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian | USA (California) | Lysis mickeyi (220355) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | USA (California) | Lysis mickeyi (119459) |