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Mesodma senecta
Taxonomy
Mesodma senecta was named by Fox (1971). Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-4), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1971 | Mesodma senecta Fox |
| 1979 | Mesodma senecta Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
| 2004 | Mesodma senecta Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 334-335 |
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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.
†Mesodma senecta Fox 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Krause 1982, Gunnell et al. 1995 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Mesodma senecta (type locality: 14423 14425) | |
| Judithian | USA (New Mexico) | Mesodma senecta (14464) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Mesodma senecta (14436) |