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Meekechinus elegans
Taxonomy
Meekechinus elegans was named by Jackson (1912). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grand Summit, Eskridge Shale, which is in an Asselian coastal shale in the Eskridge Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Meekechinus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Meekechinus elegans Jackson p. 443 figs. Pl 75, figs 6-8; pl 76, figs 1-9 |
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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.
†Meekechinus elegans Jackson 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||