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Taxonomy
Scapharca meroensis was named by Olsson (1931). Its type locality is Basal Heath or Caleto Mero Shales, which is in an Oligocene shoreface sandstone/shale in the Heath Formation of Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Anadara bonneti, Anadara castellata, Anadara egleri, Anadara guajirensis, Anadara ommaensis, Anadara placata, Anadara sanctidavidis, Anadara setoensis, Anadara subcrenata, Anadara suzukii, Anadara veatchi, Arca buenavistana, Arca charanensis, Arca golfoyaquensis, Arca grandis, Arca inequilateralis, Arca singewaldi, Arca subcrenata, Arca zapotalensis, S. agraria, S. agronomica, S. castellata, S. chiriquiensi, S. chordicosta, S. ferruginea, S. gendingensis, S. grandis, S. japonica, S. junghuhni, S. kakehataensis, S. losguemadica, S. natalensis, S. paraensis, S. pertenuicostata, S. praenatalensis, S. quayubinica, S. recondita, S. staminata, S. suzukii, S. textilicostata, S. campechiensis, S. incongrus, S. paraensis, S. gedinganensis, S. nannodes, S. suessi, S. textilicostata
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-02-20
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Scapharca meroensis Olsson p. 39 figs. Plate 2, Figs. 2, 3, 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.
†Scapharca meroensis Olsson 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | Ecuador (Guayas) | Arca meroensis (61201) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru | Anadara meroensis (42794) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Piura) | Arca meroensis (type locality: 64559) |