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Mesomyzon mengae
Taxonomy
Mesomyzon mengae was named by Chang et al. (2006). Its type specimen is IVPP V14719, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Ningcheng, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial shale in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Mesomyzon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Mesomyzon mengae Chang et al. p. 972 |
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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.
†Mesomyzon mengae Chang et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Nei Mongol) | Mesomyzon mengae (type locality: 68047) |