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Taxonomy
Limnoecus tricuspis was named by Stirton (1930) [genotype]. Its type locality is Rodent Hill, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California. It is the type species of Limnoecus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Limnoecus tricuspis Stirton |
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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.
†Limnoecus tricuspis Stirton 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barstovian | USA (California) | Limnoecus sp. (19305 19605) Limnoecus tricuspis (19169 19173 19193 19271 19279 19280 19281 19304 19321 19416 type locality: 19522 19523 19525 19549 19550 19557) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | Limnoecus tricuspis (18845) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Limnoecus tricuspis (19181) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Oregon) | Limnoecus tricuspis (19036) |