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Mesetaornis
Taxonomy
Mesetaornis was named by Myrcha et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Sphenisciformes by Ksepka et al. (2006); and to Spheniscidae by Myrcha et al. (2002), Jadwiszczak (2006) and Jadwiszczak et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Sphenisciformes by Ksepka et al. (2006); and to Spheniscidae by Myrcha et al. (2002), Jadwiszczak (2006) and Jadwiszczak et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Mesetaornis Myrcha et al. p. 31 |
| 2006 | Mesetaornis Jadwiszczak p. 35 |
| 2006 | Mesetaornis Ksepka et al. p. 416 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2021 | Mesetaornis Jadwiszczak et al. p. 286 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. sp. (63551) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. polaris (53666) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Antarctica | M. sp. (31173) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica | M. polaris (224219) |