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Meridiania

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Meridiania Case
2010Meridiania Cicimurri p. 100
2015Meridiania Case et al. p. 1129
2019Meridiania Ebersole et al. p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Batomorphi()
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
genusMeridiania

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.

G. †Meridiania Case 1994
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Meridiania convexa Case 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bartonian or 54.90000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) M. convexa (62890)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) M. convexa (203258)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) M. convexa (209524)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Virginia) M. conyexa (15595)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) M. convexa (81266 209520)