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Meekella deltoides
Taxonomy
Meekella deltoides was named by Liao (1980). Its type specimen is NIGP 43449 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Damaochang, DaMei1, Zhijin County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Meekella deltoides Liao p. 256 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-4 |
| 2007 | Meekella deltoides Shen and Shi p. 15 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-6 |
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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.
†Meekella deltoides Liao 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 18.8 | 15.7 | 21.0 | 20.2 | 2.86 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Meekella deltoides (111997 type locality: 112127 138501) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | Meekella deltoides (94984 94986 138386 148543 148548) |