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Mesocoelia priscum
Taxonomy
Melania prisca was named by Münster (1840). It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Loxonema priscum by Whidborne (1891), Whidborne (1892), Whidborne (1896), Tolmachoff (1930) and Amler and Heidelberger (2003); it was recombined as Loxonema prisca by Jux and Krath (1974); it was recombined as Mesocoelia priscum by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Loxonema priscum by Whidborne (1891), Whidborne (1892), Whidborne (1896), Tolmachoff (1930) and Amler and Heidelberger (2003); it was recombined as Loxonema prisca by Jux and Krath (1974); it was recombined as Mesocoelia priscum by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Melania prisca Münster |
| 1891 | Loxonema priscum Whidborne p. 181 figs. pl. 18 f. 17-19 |
| 1892 | Loxonema priscum Whidborne p. 42 |
| 1896 | Loxonema priscum Whidborne p. 373 |
| 1930 | Loxonema priscum Tolmachoff p. 58 figs. pl. 5 f. 6-7 |
| 1974 | Loxonema prisca Jux and Krath |
| 2003 | Loxonema priscum Amler and Heidelberger p. 1184 figs. f. 12e-f |
| 2023 | Mesocoelia priscum Wagner p. S1739 |
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†Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available