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Meekia (Mygallia) tumba
Taxonomy
Meekia (Mygallia) tumba was named by Saul and Popenoe (1962). Its type specimen is UCLA 36083, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3916, Texas Springs area, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1962 | Meekia (Mygallia) tumba Saul and Popenoe p. 306 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1-3 |
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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 (Mygallia) tumba 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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Albian | USA (Oregon) | Meekia tumba (88612) | |
Early/Lower Albian | USA (California) | Meekia tumba (type locality: 219053) |