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Mesydra elongata
Taxonomy
Mesydra elongata was named by Ponomarenko (1977). Its type specimen is PIN 1989/2983, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Mesydra.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Mesydra elongata Ponomarenko p. 112 figs. Pl 9, fig 6; text-fig 60 |
| 2012 | Mesydra elongata Nikolajev and Prokin p. 26 figs. 1-9 |
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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.
†Mesydra elongata Ponomarenko 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||