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Unio macropisthus C. A. White, 1886 †
1501539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1501539)
accepted
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Dysnomia (Penita) macropisthus (C. A. White, 1886) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
fossil only
White, C.A. (1886). On the Fresh-water Invertebrates of the North American Jurassic. <em>United States Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 29: 1-41.
page(s): 705, pl. 2, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 705, pl. 2, fig. 7 [details]
Note "8 miles north of Cañon City", Colorado, USA;...
Type locality "8 miles north of Cañon City", Colorado, USA; Morrison Fm., Late Jurassic [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio macropisthus C. A. White, 1886 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1501539 on 2025-09-11
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White, C.A. (1886). On the Fresh-water Invertebrates of the North American Jurassic. <em>United States Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 29: 1-41.
page(s): 705, pl. 2, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Good, S. C. (2004). Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic significance of freshwater bivalves in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Western Interior, USA. <em>Sedimentary Geology.</em> 167(3-4): 163-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.01.005 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 705, pl. 2, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Good, S. C. (2004). Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic significance of freshwater bivalves in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Western Interior, USA. <em>Sedimentary Geology.</em> 167(3-4): 163-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.01.005 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality "8 miles north of Cañon City", Colorado, USA; Morrison Fm., Late Jurassic [details]
