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Minodentalium meekianum
Taxonomy
Dentalium meekianum was named by Geinitz (1866). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Pillsbury Shale Formation of Nebraska.
It was recombined as Plagioglypta meekiana by Girty (1915); it was recombined as Minodentalium meekianum by Asato and Kase (2021).
It was recombined as Plagioglypta meekiana by Girty (1915); it was recombined as Minodentalium meekianum by Asato and Kase (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Dentalium meekianum Geinitz p. 13 figs. pl. 1 f. 20 |
| 1911 | Dentalium meekanum Raymond |
| 1915 | Plagioglypta meekiana Girty p. 148 figs. pl. 25 f. 14, 14a |
| 2021 | Minodentalium meekianum Asato and Kase p. 756 |
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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.
†Minodentalium meekianum Geinitz 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Missourian | USA (Missouri) | Dentalium meekianum (26878) | |
| Missourian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Dentalium meekanum (184103) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Nebraska) | Dentalium meekianum (type locality: 157668) |