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Mesalia alabamiensis
Taxonomy
Potamides alabamiensis was named by De Gregorio (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Eocene; Alabama.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Turritella alabamiensis by Stenzel and Turner (1940); it was recombined as Mesalia alabamiensis by Harris (1896), Perrilliat et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Turritella alabamiensis by Stenzel and Turner (1940); it was recombined as Mesalia alabamiensis by Harris (1896), Perrilliat et al. (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alabamensis, M. allentonensis, M. biplicata, M. bowlesi, M. cochleata, M. collombi, M. ervyna, M. georgiana, M. gomin, M. hardemanensis, M. heberti, M. hofama, M. intermedia, M. jovisammonis, M. marginata, M. mavericki, M. mesal, M. multilineata, M. neocomiensis, M. obruta, M. oxycrepis, M. patula, M. persa, M. pumila, M. pumila, M. rathburni, M. regularis, M. sayi, M. shumardi, M. sphyngis, M. tecta, M. trochoides, M. turbinoides, M. watsonensis, M. yessoensis, M. zinkeni
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Potamides alabamiensis De Gregorio p. 124 |
| 1896 | Mesalia alabamiensis Harris p. 227 figs. pl. 12, fig. 1 |
| 1940 | Turritella alabamiensis Stenzel and Turner p. 842 |
| 2006 | Mesalia alabamiensis Perrilliat et al. p. 157 |
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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.
†Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 1 | 15.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| entire specimen height | 3 | 39.3 | 37.5 | 41.7 | 38.9 | 2.15 |
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Collections (63 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | USA (Illinois) | Turritella alabamiensis (70129) | |
| Danian | USA (Alabama) | Turritella alabamiensis (2809 2810 2812 2814 2815 2819 2821 2823 2848 2849 2859 2862 2863 2864 98410 98424) | |
| Danian | USA (Georgia) | Turritella alabamiensis (2832) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Turritella alabamiensis (205474) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Texas) | Turritella alabamiensis (86416) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Arkansas) | Turritella alabamiensis (99175) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Turritella alabamiensis, Mesalia alabamiensis (35081) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | USA (Texas) | Turritella alabamiensis (86188 86190) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Alabama) | Turritella alabamiensis (2923) | |
| Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Mesalia alabamiensis (205427) Turritella alabamiensis (2915 2916 2917 2918 2919 84469 84471 86172 86173 86180 86181 86186 86262 98417 98421 205499) Turritella alabamiensis, Mesalia alabamiensis (98422) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | USA (Alabama) | Mesalia alabamiensis (80367 90610) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Alabama) | Mesalia alabamiensis (80495 80673 80761 80762 85320 85322 86176 86177 90141 90142 90439 90818 92034 92352 98365 98379 98409) | |
| Lutetian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Mesalia alabamiensis (79943) |