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Meridiania
Taxonomy
Meridiania was named by Case (1994).
It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Case (1994); and to Myliobatidae by Cicimurri (2010), Case et al. (2015) and Ebersole et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Case (1994); and to Myliobatidae by Cicimurri (2010), Case et al. (2015) and Ebersole et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Meridiania Case |
| 2010 | Meridiania Cicimurri p. 100 |
| 2015 | Meridiania Case et al. p. 1129 |
| 2019 | Meridiania Ebersole et al. p. 138 |
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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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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bartonian or 55.80000 to 38.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | USA (South Carolina) | M. convexa (203258) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | M. convexa (209524) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | M. conyexa (15595) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | M. convexa (62890) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | M. convexa (81266 209520) |