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Myalina copei
Taxonomy
Myalina copei was named by Whitfield (1902). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is McKenszie's Trail, near Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in the Moran Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Myalina (Myalina) copei by Newell (1942).
It was recombined as Myalina (Myalina) copei by Newell (1942).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. angulata, M. blezingeri, M. dalailamae, M. gegeeri, M. keokuk, M. mitchelli, M. monroensis, M. newelli, M. peralata, M. peralta, M. pernoides, M. ramonensis, M. redesdalensis, M. rotundata, M. squamosa, M. swallowi, M. tommasii, M. tommasii, M. verneuili, M. vetust, M. vinogradovi, M. keokuk, M. nacoensis, M. wyomingensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Myalina copei Whitfield p. 63 fig. 2 |
| 1942 | Myalina (Myalina) copei Newell p. 55 |
| 2005 | Myalina copei McRoberts and Newell p. 9 fig. 8 |
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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.
†Myalina copei Whitfield 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 4 | 44.8 | 27.8 | 69.7 | 45.8 | 17.4 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Eaton 1871 | |||||