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Merista maccullochensis

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae

Taxonomy
Merista maccullochensis was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 154738, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9046, Chappel Ls, Mason County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. brevirostris, M. hercules, M. nitida, M. repellens, M. rhenanensis, M. upsilon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Merista maccullochensis Carter p. 328 figs. Pl 29, figs 1a-10e; text-figs 15,16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyMeristelloideaWaagen 1883
familyMeristidaeHall and Clarke 1895
subfamilyMeristinaeHall and Clarke 1895
genusMeristaSuess 1851
speciesmaccullochensis

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.

†Merista maccullochensis Carter 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available