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Melychocella cretacea
Taxonomy
Melychocella cretacea was named by Håkansson et al. (2024). Its type specimen is WAM 2022.106 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample K2, Section Hill, Cardabia Station, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore ramp chalk in the Korojon Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Melychocella cretacea Håkansson et al. p. 43 figs. Pl 26, figs 4-7; pl 27, figs 1,2 |
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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.
†Melychocella cretacea Håkansson et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Australia (Western Australia) | Melychocella cretacea (235527 type locality: 235528 235529 235530) |