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Meekospira
Taxonomy
Meekospira was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Courtesy of Ulrich. Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 109,797,1130]. Its type is Meekospira subconica.
It was assigned to Loxonematidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Meekospirinae by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Meekospiridae by Knight et al. (1960), Nützel et al. (2000), Mazaev (2015), Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016) and Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Loxonematidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Meekospirinae by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Meekospiridae by Knight et al. (1960), Nützel et al. (2000), Mazaev (2015), Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016) and Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Meekospira Ulrich and Scofield |
| 1960 | Meekospira Knight et al. |
| 2000 | Meekospira Nützel et al. p. 595 |
| 2002 | Meekospira Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Meekospira Bouchet et al. p. 105 |
| 2015 | Meekospira Mazaev p. 973 |
| 2016 | Meekospira Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 506 |
| 2020 | Meekospira Ketwetsuriya et al. p. 70 |
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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.
G. †Meekospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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†Meekospira acrolopha Peel 2016
†Meekospira bambooformis Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira batteni Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira baytuganensis Mazaev 2018
†Meekospira choctawensis Girty 1912
†Meekospira delgada Kues and Batten 2001
†Meekospira evansvillensis Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira knighti Winters 1963
†Meekospira ligoni Batten 1985
†Meekospira louisvillae Hall and Whitfield 1872
†Meekospira mansuyi Delpey 1941
†Meekospira melanoides Batten 1985
†Meekospira mimiae Erwin 1988
†Meekospira minuta Weller 1916
†Meekospira mississippiensis Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860
†Meekospira solenisciforma Nützel and Pan 2005
†Meekospira sulcata Batten 1964
†Meekospira symmetrica King 1844
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 27 | 11.6 | 1.65 | 43.0 | 12.8 | 10.5 | |
| shell diameter | 27 | 2.11 | 0.650 | 5.70 | 1.37 | 2.18 |
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Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Changhsingian or 387.70000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (210 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givetian | China (Guangxi) | M. sp. (45617) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Oklahoma) | M. sp. (117) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Missouri) | M. sp. (115) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Virginia) | M. sp. (6999) | |
| Brigantian | USA (Alabama) | M. sp. (6764 6766 6769) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | M. peracuta (57131) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Illinois) | M. bambooformis, M. batteni, M. evansvillensis (59826) M. bambooformis, M. evansvillensis (58998) M. minuta (68188) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Kentucky) | M. evansvillensis, M. minuta, M. mississippiensis (59823) | |
| Pendleian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (5528) | |
| Late/Upper Mississippian | USA (Alaska) | M. sp. (112183) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Arkansas) | M. minuta (5517 69285) | |
| Arnsbergian | China (Ningxia) | M. peracuta (671) | |
| Chokierian | United Kingdom (England) | M. acrolopha (182900 182903) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Colorado) | M. sp. (42822) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Texas) | M. peracuta (79966) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Wyoming) | M. sp. (5724) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Kentucky) | Polyphemopsis peracuta (158165) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Arizona) | M. sp. (42800) | |
| Bashkirian - Moscovian | Peru (Piura) | M. sp. (41390 41391) | |
| Alportian | United Kingdom (England) | M. acrolopha (182841 182844 182845) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Kentucky) | M. sp. (52864) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Missouri) | M. peracuta (69773) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. choctawensis (90784) | |
| Kashirian - Myachkovian | USA (New Mexico) | M. peracuta (46548) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Illinois) | M. sp. (73) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. choctawensis (90781 90782 90783 90785 90787) M. peracuta (8632 8633 8634 8635 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 8649) M. sp. (111 112) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Missouri) | M. peracuta (69770 70272 70482) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Texas) | M. choctawensis (11100) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Ohio) | M. peracuta (64883 64887 64889 64892 64895 64898 64899 64900 64904 64906 64912 64914 64917 64919 64921 64927 64929 64942 64948) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (New Mexico) | M. peracuta, M. delgada, M. choctawensis (46536) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Kansas) | M. sp. (107 922 998) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Texas) | M. choctawensis (128580) | |
| Missourian | USA (Texas) | M. peracuta (159900 159901) M. sp. (217916 217917) | |
| Missourian | USA (Maryland) | M. percuta (118828) | |
| Missourian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. sp. (155) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Illinois) | M. sp. (50219) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Maryland) | M. percuta (118827) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Texas) | M. percuta (217891 217893 217894 217895 217897 217901 217905 217906 217908 217913 217927 217932 217941 217947 217958 217960 217969 217977 217979 217986 217992 218002 218024 218029 218054 219193) M. percuta, M. sp. (217915) M. sp. (50197) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Meekospira indet. (10005) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (10653 66102 120946) M. spp. (39157) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | M. mimiae (101773) | |
| Artinskian | USA (New Mexico) | M. mimiae (101770 101797) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Utah) | M. sp. (11272) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (10399 10421 10423 10425 10428 10429 10430 10431 10443 10444 10447 10448 10449 10450 10451 10452 10472 10647 10649 38751 38753 38756 38759 38774 38775 38827 38828 66101) | |
| Kungurian | Malaysia (Perak) | M. melanoides, M. ligoni (62131) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | M. knighti (52898 95353 120746 120747) | |
| Kungurian | Venezuela (Merida) | M. sp. (41514 41516 41517) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | M. mimiae (75923) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation (Tatarstan) | M. symmetrica (174705 174706) | |
| Roadian | Iran | M. sp. (112884) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation | M. baytuganensis (198772) | |
| Roadian | USA (Arizona) | M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (39999) M. sulcata (94884 101777 101779) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation (Kirov) | M. symmetrica (126333 126334 170190) | |
| Wordian | Thailand | M. sp. (167687) | |
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | M. sp. (43550) | |
| Wordian | Pakistan | Soleniscus symmetricus (125843) | |
| Wordian | Thailand (Ratchaburi) | M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (40954) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | M. sp. (42092 42095) | |
| Capitanian | Malaysia | M. sp. (42734) | |
| Capitanian | Cambodia | M. sp. (40947) Subulites mansuyi (107279 107282) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | Macrocheilus symmetricus (130765 130766) M. symmetrica (24085 109718) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangxi) | M. sp. (50023 50025 50027 56893) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Wyoming) | M. sp. (61951) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Utah) | M. sp. (11234) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom | Eulima symmetrica (130871 130872) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Greece | M. sp. (64172 64173 64174 64175 64176) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | M. sp. (50024 56891) M. sp., Gastropoda indeterminate D (56895) |