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Thairoplax merriami

Paleoloricata

Taxonomy
Thairoplax merriami was named by Hoare (2000). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS M1027 - 2 kilometers southeast of Parker Ranch, east fork of Scott River, which is in a Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Gazelle Formation of California.

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Thairoplax merriami Hoare
2023Thairoplax merriami Wagner p. 3589

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
subphylumAculifera(Blumrich 1891)
orderPaleoloricata
genusThairoplax
speciesmerriami

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.

†Thairoplax merriami Hoare 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (California) Thairoplax merriami (type locality: 157204)