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Mellita aclinensis
Taxonomy
Mellita aclinensis was named by Kier (1963). Its type specimen is USNM 648136, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Mellita aclinensis Kier pp. 40-45 figs. figs. 36-41; pl. 15, figs. 1-3 |
| 1972 | Mellita aclinensis Kier p. 11 |
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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.
†Mellita aclinensis Kier 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Mellita aclinensis (35026) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Virginia) | Mellita aclinensis (155887) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Mellita aclinensis (35028 35029) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | USA (North Carolina) | Mellita aclinensis (61919) |