Tilicrassatella, Devries, 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00228.2015 |
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Felipe |
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Tilicrassatella |
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Genus Tilicrassatella View in CoL nov.
Etymology: From “Tili”, a 15th-century native chief from Chile’s Aconcagua Valley whose name, according to the 18th-century Spanish chronicler, Diego de Rosales, may have given rise to the country’s name.
Type species: Crassatella ponderosa Philippi, 1887 ; early to middle Miocene , Chile .
Species included: Crassatella ponderosa Philippi, 1887 , T. torrens sp. nov., T. sanmartini sp. nov.
Diagnosis.—Umbo rounded, with very closely spaced commarginal ribs. Resilifer extending to vmHP. Left anterior cardinal tooth separated from beak by lunule. Inner ventral margin usually crenulate on large specimens.
Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Chattian to Langhian, south-central Peru to Chile.
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