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Meekella abnormalis
Taxonomy
Meekella abnormalis was named by Huang (1933). Its type specimen is NIGP 4694 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shihtzup'u, Locality 1301 f5, Tsunyi-hsien, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Meekella abnormalis Huang p. 30 figs. Pl 4, fig 7 |
| 1989 | Meekella abnormalis Zhan figs. Pl 27, figs 7,8 |
| 2007 | Meekella abnormalis Shen and Shi p. 18 figs. Pl 4, figs 14-17 |
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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.
†Meekella abnormalis Huang 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 10.2 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Meekella abnormalis (type locality: 136247 138495 138504) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Shaanxi) | Meekella abnormalis (148517) |