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Truncatulus californicus I. Suto 2006, p. 597; fig. 6, 94-101
StatusValid
Published inSuto, I. 2006 [ref. 012714]. Truncatulus gen. nov., a new fossil resting spore morphogenus related to the marine diatom Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae). Phycologia 45(5):585-601.
TypeHolotype: slide MPC-02601 (Micropaleontology Collection, National Science Museum, Tokyo), England finder P35-1S; illustrated in Fig. 94-95INA card not found. Click here to check this name in the INA website.
Type LocalityNewport Beach section, California, USA. Sample NEW42 of J. Barron 1976 (ref. 003446). Collected by S.E.P.M. field trip in 1972 (fide J. Barron). Uppermost Middle MioceneLanguage of descriptionE
CollectorAssessment of record accuracylikely accurate