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Micasarcina vallis
Taxonomy
Micasarcina vallis was named by Squires and Saul (2003). Its type specimen is LACMIP 12516 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1007, Oak Run, which is in a Coniacian coastal siliciclastic in the Redding Formation of California. It is the type species of Micasarcina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Micasarcina vallis Squires and Saul pp. 153 - 155 figs. Figures 29-32 |
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†Micasarcina vallis Squires and Saul 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003 | Same as for genus. [Shell small, fusiform with two small folds on columella; posteriormost fold very weak. Subsutural cord somewhat weak to obsolete. Prominent flat-topped spiral cords. Collabral ribs obsolete anterior of medial part of body whorl.] |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||