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Taxonomy
Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Manzour (Albian), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis Douvillé p. 150 figs. Pl. 19, Fig. 12-13 |
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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.
†Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 110.10000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Albian | Egypt | Meretrix orientalis (type locality: 171276) | |
| Middle Albian | Egypt | Meretrix orientalis (98326) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Egypt | Meretrix orientalis (98327 140608) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian | Egypt | Meretrix orientalis (150737) |