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Meifodia
Taxonomy
Meifodia is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Lissatrypidae by Temple (1987), Williams et al. (2002); and to Atrypida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Lissatrypidae by Temple (1987), Williams et al. (2002); and to Atrypida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Meifodia Temple p. 110 |
| 2002 | Meifodia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Meifodia Williams et al. p. 1463 |
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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.
G. †Meifodia
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†Meifodia ovalis Williams 1951
†Meifodia prima Williams 1951
†Meifodia subundata McCoy 1851
†Meifodia tulkulensis Modzalevskaya and Popov 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 2 | 5.49 | 5.40 | 5.59 | 5.50 | 0.134 |
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Raikkula to the top of the Alexandrian or 440.80000 to 438.10000 Ma
Collections (102 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirnantian - Aeronian | Norway | M. sp. (14292) | |
| Rhuddanian | Norway (Asker) | M. sp. (160113 191029 191031 191035) | |
| Rhuddanian | United Kingdom (Wales) | M. prima (3453 3459 3461 3468 3469 3472 4980 5046 5047 5056 5059 5061 5063 5064 5071 5077 5087 5094 5098 5100) M. sp., M. subundata (8407 8409) M. subundata (8406 8408) | |
| Rhuddanian | Kazakhstan (South Central) | M. tulkulensis (151923 151925 151926 151927 151928 151930 151931) | |
| Rhuddanian | Norway | M. sp. (13844 13850) | |
| Rhuddanian - Aeronian | Norway | M. sp. (2884 2887 2889 14301 14318) | |
| Rhuddanian - Aeronian | Norway (Asker) | M. sp. (191036 191037) | |
| Rhuddanian - Aeronian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | M. recta (206465 206484 206542 206543 206560) | |
| Rhuddanian - Aeronian | United Kingdom (Wales) | M. prima (4928 4929 4930 4935 4939 4940 4944 4947 4949 4952 4959 4972 4975 4984 4994 4997 4999 5002 5007 5010 5011 5015 5018 5021 5022 5023 5024 5026 5029 5030 5032 5033 5034 5035 5044) | |
| Alexandrian | Canada (Québec) | M. lara (24587) | |
| Llandovery | United Kingdom (Wales) | M. subundata (3207) | |
| Llandovery | Norway | M. sp. (503) | |
| Llandovery | Canada (Quebec) | M. sp. (11321 11322) | |
| Raikkula | Estonia (Viljandi) | M. ovalis (193663) | |
| Aeronian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | M. ovalis (153465) | |
| Aeronian | Norway (Oslo) | M. sp. (504) | |
| Aeronian | Norway | M. sp. (505 13845 13846 13849 14279) | |
| Telychian | Canada (Nunavut) | M. sp. (77341) | |
| Telychian | Australia (Tasmania) | M. tyro (40017) | |
| Telychian | China | M. sp. (27773) | |
| Telychian | Australia (Victoria) | M. tyro (8028) |