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Meekia (Meekia) iberica
Taxonomy
Meekia (Meekia) iberica was named by Saul and Popenoe (1962). Its type specimen is UCLA 36080, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3917, Texas Springs area, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Meekia (Meekia) iberica Saul and Popenoe p. 296 figs. pl. 2, figs. 4-9 |
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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.
†Meekia (Meekia) iberica Saul and Popenoe 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian | USA (California) | Meekia iberica (185734 type locality: 224666) |