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Taxonomy
Mezira petrificata was named by Heiss et al. (2015). Its type specimen is FIS MeI 15157, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit, grid square F9, 2.5-3.5 m above alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Mezira petrificata Heiss et al. p. 656 figs. 1c,d, 2b |
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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.
†Mezira petrificata Heiss et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||