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Mecaster africanus
Taxonomy
Hemiaster africanus was named by Coquand (1862).
It was recombined as Mecaster africanus by Smith (1991) and Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou (2017).
It was recombined as Mecaster africanus by Smith (1991) and Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Hemiaster africanus Coquand |
| 1991 | Mecaster africanus Smith p. 62 figs. Pl 16A-D; text-fig 51 |
| 2017 | Mecaster africanus Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou p. 103 figs. 4C, 7H |
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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.
†Mecaster africanus Coquand 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turonian | Gabon | Mecaster africanus (209609) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | Brazil | Mecaster africanus (195721) |