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Mesalia martinezensis
Taxonomy
Turritella martinezensis was named by Gabb (1869) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocenel California.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 4344, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Mesalia martinezensis by Stewart (1927), Merriam (1941), Squires and Saul (2007).
It was recombined as Mesalia martinezensis by Stewart (1927), Merriam (1941), Squires and Saul (2007).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alabamensis, M. alabamiensis, M. allentonensis, M. biplicata, M. bowlesi, M. cochleata, M. collombi, M. ervyna, M. georgiana, M. gomin, M. hardemanensis, M. heberti, M. hofama, M. intermedia, M. jovisammonis, M. marginata, M. mavericki, M. mesal, M. multilineata, M. neocomiensis, M. obruta, M. oxycrepis, M. patula, M. persa, M. pumila, M. pumila, M. rathburni, M. regularis, M. sayi, M. shumardi, M. sphyngis, M. tecta, M. trochoides, M. turbinoides, M. watsonensis, M. yessoensis, M. zinkeni
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Turritella martinezensis Gabb p. 169 figs. pl. 28, fig. 51 |
| 1914 | Turritella maccreadyi Waring p. 783 |
| 1917 | Turritella maccreadyi Waring p. 87 figs. Pl. 12, Fig. 10 |
| 1917 | Turritella martinezensis Waring p. 100 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 5 |
| 1927 | Mesalia martinezensis Stewart p. 353 figs. Plate XXV, fig. 1 |
| 1941 | Mesalia martinezensis Merriam p. 127 figs. Plate 39, figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 |
| 2007 | Mesalia martinezensis Squires and Saul p. 8 figs. 16-23 |
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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.
†Mesalia martinezensis Gabb 1869
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Invalid names: Turritella maccreadyi Waring 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. A. Waring 1914 (Turritella maccreadyi) | Shell robust, apical angle broad; whorls eleven, rounded, with six or seven strong, nearly equally spaced, spiral ribs. The first five or six whorls are angulated like T. martinezensis Gb.' Surface below body whorl also ornamented by spiral lines, and whole surface marked by lines of growth. Aper- ture broad, outer lip slightly sinuous; inner lip sinuous, flattened, and twisted. Leland Stanford Junior University Paleontological Collection. Named in honor of Mr. George McCready of Guanoco, Venezuela. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (46 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | USA (California ) | Mesalia martinezensis (184015) | |
| Danian | USA (California) | Turritella maccreadyi (193035) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (California) | Mesalia martinezensis (184018) | |
| Paleocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Turritella martinezensis (43762) | |
| Middle Paleocene | USA (California) | Mesalia martinezensis (192844) | |
| Selandian | USA (California) | Mesalia martinezensis (185135 185138 205398) Turritella martinezensis (205393 211017 211019 215686 218671 218672 220450 239601 239604 239682 239686 239691) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | USA (California) | Mesalia martinezensis (185136 185137) Turritella martinezensis (239680 239685) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | Mesalia martinezensis (184012 184017 185139) Turritella martinezensis (166042 193038 238831 238835 238840 238841 239615 239701 239703 239705 239707 239708 239710 239719) | |
| Thanetian | Mexico (Baja) | Mesalia martinezensis (176456) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California ) | Mesalia martinezensis (184014) | |
| Thanetian | Mexico (Baja California) | Mesalia martinezensis (221985) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Turritella martinezensis (193037 193039) |