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Taxonomy
Aviculopinna americana was named by Meek (1867) [TYPE LOCALITY: United States; Late Carboniferous.]. It is the type species of Meekopinna.
It was recombined as Pteronites americana by Hoare et al. (1979); it was recombined as Meekopinna americana by Yancey (1978), Anelli et al. (2006), Yancey (2024).
It was recombined as Pteronites americana by Hoare et al. (1979); it was recombined as Meekopinna americana by Yancey (1978), Anelli et al. (2006), Yancey (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1867 | Aviculopinna americana Meek |
| 1922 | Aviculopinna americana Morningstar p. 211 |
| 1938 | Aviculopinna americana Duarte p. 8 |
| 1972 | Aviculopinna americana Hoare and Sturgeon p. 61 |
| 1978 | Meekopinna americana Yancey |
| 1979 | Pteronites americana Hoare et al. p. 33 |
| 2006 | Meekopinna americana Anelli et al. p. 1132 |
| 2024 | Meekopinna americana Yancey |
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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.
†Meekopinna americana Meek 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Morrowan - Desmoinesian | Brazil | Meekopinna americana (67803 211608 211609) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Kansas) | Meekopinna americana (236606) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Nebraska) | Meekopinna americana (236631) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Ohio) | Aviculopinna americana (71993) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Kansas) | Meekopinna americana (236624) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Iowa) | Meekopinna americana (236603) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Texas) | Meekopinna americana (220414) |