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Meekia (Mygallia)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Meekia (Mygallia) Saul and Popenoe p. 302
2002Mygallia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTancrediidaeMeek 1864
genusMeekia
subgenusMygallia

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.

Subg. †Meekia (Mygallia) Saul and Popenoe 1962
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†Meekia (Mygallia) bella Saul and Popenoe 1962
†Meekia (Mygallia) cuspidata Whiteaves 1884
†Meekia (Mygallia) daileyi Saul and Popenoe 1962
†Meekia (Mygallia) lirata Saul and Popenoe 1962
†Meekia (Mygallia) mygale Saul and Popenoe 1962
†Meekia (Mygallia) quercus Saul and Popenoe 1962
†Meekia (Mygallia) roddana Saul and Popenoe 1962
†Meekia (Mygallia) takeoana Saul and Popenoe 1962
†Meekia (Mygallia) tumba Saul and Popenoe 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-09 06:52:35
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:52:35
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 112.03000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Oregon) Meekia tumba (88612)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (California) Meekia roddana, Meekia tumba (219053)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Meekia roddana (224666)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Meekia daileyi (40731)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Meekia lirata (214143 222112 222113) Meekia takeoana (62347 86785 185409 185440 215285 215618 220298 220340 222082 222085 222092 222093 222094 222097 222100 222102) Meekia takeoana, Meekia lirata (185502)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Meekia lirata (222119)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) Meekia mygale (86955 185391)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (California) Meekia mygale (207437)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Meekia bella (3890 86786 210586)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Meekia daileyi (1513 1515 1516 1517 1526 1539 1547) Meekia navis (86793 86794 185168)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Meekia bella (69314 144780 185368) Meekia bella, Meekia daileyi (144763 144764) Meekia navis (221105 221107)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Mygallia daileyi (1354)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Mygallia sp. (1372)