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Taxonomy
Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis was named by Cox (1936) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene; Iran.]. Its type specimen is K9/871, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. canoasensis, M. incrassata, M. transversa, Pitar aldrichi, Pitar californiana, Pitar cosanguineus, Pitar matheroni, Pitar megacostata, Pitar nuttalliopsis, Pitar obliquata, Pitar poulsoni, Pitar protena, Pitar ripleyanus, Pitar sciena, Pitar sculpturata, Pitar semeliformis, Pitar soledadensis, Pitar stantoni, Pitar subnasuta, Pitar subpellucidum, Pitar swedani, Pitar thompsoni, Pitar turneri, Pitar turneri, Pitar kavranensis, Pitar striata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis Cox p. 58 figs. pl. 8, fig. 2 |
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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.
†Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis Cox 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Iran | Meretrix dalikiensis (79065) |