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Meridiania convexa
Taxonomy
Meridiania convexa was named by Case (1994). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bashi Formation, Meridian, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in the Bashi Formation of Mississippi.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Meridiania convexa Case |
| 2010 | Meridiania convexa Cicimurri p. 100 |
| 2015 | Meridiania convexa Case et al. p. 1129 |
| 2019 | Meridiania convexa Ebersole et al. p. 138 |
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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.
†Meridiania convexa Case 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | Meridiania convexa (type locality: 62890) | |
| Ypresian | USA (South Carolina) | Meridiania convexa (203258) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | Meridiania convexa (15595) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Meridiania convexa (209524) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Meridiania convexa (81266 209520) |