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Taxonomy
Megalodon globularis was named by Trechmann (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Entrance to Wairoa Gorge, which is in a Julian marine sandstone in New Zealand.
It was recombined as Mysidioptera globularis by Waterhouse (1960).
It was recombined as Mysidioptera globularis by Waterhouse (1960).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Megalodon globularis Trechmann p. 209 figs. Pl 21, fig 17 |
| 1918 | Megalodon globularis Trechmann p. 209 figs. Pl 21, fig 17 |
| 1960 | Mysidioptera globularis Waterhouse p. 433 figs. 9-11,15 |
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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.
†Mysidioptera globularis Trechmann 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 2 | 26.7 | 24.5 | 29.0 | 26.8 | 3.18 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||