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Taxonomy
Mezira was named by Amyot and Audinet-Serville (1843). It is extant.
It was assigned to Mezirinae by Heiss (2000), Heiss and Grimaldi (2001), Wappler and Heiss (2006) and Heiss et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Mezirinae by Heiss (2000), Heiss and Grimaldi (2001), Wappler and Heiss (2006) and Heiss et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Mezira Amyot and Audinet-Serville p. 305 |
| 2000 | Mezira Heiss |
| 2001 | Mezira Heiss and Grimaldi p. 102 |
| 2006 | Mezira Wappler and Heiss p. 214 |
| 2015 | Mezira Heiss et al. p. 656 |
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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. Mezira Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843
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†Mezira crassifemur Wappler and Heiss 2006
†Mezira eckfeldensis Wappler and Heiss 2006
†Mezira eocenica Wappler and Heiss 2006
†Mezira parapetrificata Heiss et al. 2015
†Mezira petrificata Heiss et al. 2015
†Mezira scheveni Heiss 2000
†Mezira succinica Usinger 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | M. eocenica (125466 144629) M. parapetrificata (68475) M. petrificata (166830 173356) | |
| MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | Aradidae indet. (135641 135643) M. crassifemur, Aradidae indet. (138912) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | M. succinica (124205) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | M. scheveni (124229) |