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Dinorthis meedsi
Taxonomy
Orthis meedsi was named by Winchell and Schuchert (1892).
It was recombined as Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) meedsi by Schuchert and Cooper (1932); it was recombined as Plaesiomys meedsi by Jin and Norford (1996); it was recombined as Dinorthis meedsi by Schuchert (1897), Schuchert (1897) and Wright and Stigall (2013).
It was recombined as Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) meedsi by Schuchert and Cooper (1932); it was recombined as Plaesiomys meedsi by Jin and Norford (1996); it was recombined as Dinorthis meedsi by Schuchert (1897), Schuchert (1897) and Wright and Stigall (2013).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Orthis meedsi Winchell and Schuchert p. 289 |
| 1897 | Dinorthis meedsi Schuchert p. 215 |
| 1932 | Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) meedsi Schuchert and Cooper p. 94 |
| 1996 | Plaesiomys meedsi Jin and Norford pp. 25 - 26 figs. Plate 2, figures 8-15 |
| 2013 | Dinorthis meedsi Wright and Stigall p. 1113 |
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†Dinorthis meedsi Winchell and Schuchert 1892
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†Dinorthis meedsi arctica Schuchert 1900
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Jin and B. S. Norford 1996 | Shell small tomedium-sized, subquadrate, nearly equibiconvex;hingeline straight, extending for about four-fifths ofshell width; anterior commissure rectimarginate orweakly sulcate. Ventral umbo small, low, barelyextending posteriorly beyond hingeline, with minutebeak; interarea well developed, about 1 mm high, aswide as hingeline, nearly catacline; delthyrium wide,open; valve with greatest convexity in umbonal area,but without carina, fold, or sulcus. Dorsal umbo flat,with minute median furrow developed anteriorly intoshallow, poorly delimited sulcus; inter area low,orthocline. Entire shell covered by rounded costae,with bifurcation mainly on ventral valve andintercalation on dorsal valve (Pl. 2, figs. 12, 8,respectively), reaching about 7 in 5 mm at anteriormargin. |