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Metradolium areolatum

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae

Taxonomy
Metradolium areolatum was named by Cheetham (1962). Its type specimen is LSU no. 7159 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McBean Creek, which is in an Eocene marine siliciclastic/limestone in the McBean Formation of Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. sulciferum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Metradolium areolatum Cheetham p. 328

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
familyStomachetosellidaeCanu and Bassler 1917
genusMetradolium
speciesareolatum

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.

†Metradolium areolatum Cheetham 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available