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Meekospira knighti

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

Taxonomy
Meekospira knighti was named by Winters (1963). Its type specimen is AMNH 28017/3:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cibecue Road, Locality 4, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Supai Formation of Arizona.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Meekospira knighti Winters p. 48 figs. Pl 5, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyMeekospiridae
genusMeekospira
speciesknighti

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.

Meekospira knighti Winters 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height111.3

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Meekospira knighti (52898 type locality: 95353 120746 120747)