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Taxonomy
Myrtea (Myrtea) was named by Turton (1822). It is extant.
It was Myrtaea (Myrtaea) by Mansfield (1940).
It was assigned to Myrtaea by Woodring (1925), Mansfield (1940); and to Myrtea by Turton (1822), Cox et al. (1969), Dockery (1982), Moore (1988).
It was Myrtaea (Myrtaea) by Mansfield (1940).
It was assigned to Myrtaea by Woodring (1925), Mansfield (1940); and to Myrtea by Turton (1822), Cox et al. (1969), Dockery (1982), Moore (1988).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Myrtea (Myrtea) Turton |
| 1925 | Myrtaea (Myrtaea) Woodring p. 112 |
| 1940 | Myrtaea (Myrtaea) Mansfield p. 191 |
| 1969 | Myrtea (Myrtea) Cox et al. p. 499 |
| 1982 | Myrtea (Myrtea) Dockery p. 58 |
| 1988 | Myrtea (Myrtea) Moore p. D16 |
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Subg. Myrtea (Myrtea) Turton 1822
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†Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865
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Invalid names: Lucina uhleri Clark 1895 [synonym], Lucina ulrichi Harris 1897 [synonym]
†Myrtaea (Myrtaea) enischna Woodring 1982
†Myrtaea (Myrtaea) limoniana Dall 1903
†Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis Casey 1903
Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana Dickerson 1916
†Myrtea (Myrtea) taylorensis Mansfield 1940
†Myrtea (Myrtea) vicksburgensis Casey 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 106.30000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (91 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Albian | Japan | Myrtea amalloi (142307) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Lucina uhleri (5573 5585 5586 5587 5588 5590 5595 5602) Myrtea mesakta (91850) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Maryland) | Lucina uhleri (91547 91709 91714 91883 91889 91890 91891) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Virginia) | Lucina uhleri (91859 101306) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Phacoides taffana (122656) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | Lucina ulrichi (92349 92375) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Lucina uhleri (91117) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | Lucina uhleri (91861) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Lucina taffana (202094) | |
| Middle Eocene | Panama (Colon) | Myrtaea curta (92979) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Lucina taffana (191188) | |
| Lutetian - Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Lucina curta (1294 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420) | |
| Lutetian - Priabonian | USA (Mississippi) | Lucina curta (1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Lucina curta (90704 91097 92393 99632 205526) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | Lucina curta (1413 1414 1415) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Myrtea bisculpta (90600) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | USA (Texas) | Lucina curta (101201) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | Lucina curta (91085) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | Myrtaea taylorensis (169205) Myrtea scopularis (5500 5501 5612 5779 5787 5788) Myrtea vicksburgensis (5791 5805 5867 5941 5942 5943 5947 5948 6002) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Panama | Myrtaea enischna (42569 42571 42572) | |
| Aquitanian | Panama | Myrtaea sp. (42609) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | Myrtaea limoniana (134667) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Myrtaea limoniana (58522) |