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Metradolium areolatum
Taxonomy
Metradolium areolatum was named by Cheetham (1962). Its type specimen is LSU no. 7159 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McBean Creek, which is in an Eocene marine siliciclastic/limestone in the McBean Formation of Georgia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Metradolium areolatum Cheetham p. 328 |
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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.
†Metradolium areolatum Cheetham 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Georgia) | Metradolium areolatum (type locality: 90479 90480) |