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Megalomoidea
Taxonomy
Megalomoidea is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Megalodontidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Megalodontidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1852 | Megalomus Hall |
1969 | Megalomoidea Cox et al. p. N745 |
2002 | Megalomoidea Sepkoski |
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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: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: base of the Niagaran to the top of the Ludfordian or 438.00000 to 423.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Silurian | USA (Alaska) | Megalomus sp. (111898) | |
Telychian | USA (Iowa) | M. sp. (26763) | |
Niagaran | USA (Indiana) | Megalomus canadensis (22818) | |
Sheinwoodian | Sweden (Gotland) | Megalomus sp. (13597) | |
Sheinwoodian | Russian Federation | Megalomus sp. (23498 23499) | |
Wenlock | Russian Federation (Yakutiya) | Megalomus sp. (79400) | |
Wenlock | Russian Federation | M. gothlandicus (24776) | |
Wenlock - Ludlow | USA (Iowa) | M. sp. (25018) | |
Homerian - Gorstian | Sweden (Gotland) | Megalomus gotlandicus (13602) | |
Ludfordian | Sweden (Gotland) | Megalomus gotlandicus (13616) |