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Meridiania convexa

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

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
YearName and author
1994Meridiania convexa Case
2010Meridiania convexa Cicimurri p. 100
2015Meridiania convexa Case et al. p. 1129
2019Meridiania convexa Ebersole et al. p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
genusMeridiania
speciesconvexaCase 1994

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
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
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Meridiania convexa (type locality: 62890)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) Meridiania convexa (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Meridiania convexa (15595)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Meridiania convexa (209524)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Meridiania convexa (81266 209520)