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Phalium (Menthafontia) mississippiensis
Taxonomy
Cassis mississippiensis was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.
It was recombined as Semicassis mississippiensis by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Phalium (Menthafontia) mississippiensis by MacNeil and Dockery (1984).
It was recombined as Semicassis mississippiensis by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Phalium (Menthafontia) mississippiensis by MacNeil and Dockery (1984).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Cassis mississippiensis Conrad p. 288 |
| 1865 | Semicassis mississippiensis Conrad p. 26 |
| 1984 | Phalium (Menthafontia) mississippiensis MacNeil and Dockery pp. 111 - 112 figs. Plate 30, figures 4,7-8; Plate 50, figures 5-6 |
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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.
†Phalium (Menthafontia) mississippiensis Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||