Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Synonyms: Megerlea Davidson 1856, Muhlfeldtia Batle 1880, Pantellaria Dall 1919
Full reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253
Parent taxon: Megerliinae according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017
See also Barczyk 1979, Bitner and Dulai 2004, Bitner and Martinell 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Megerlia acrura Megerlia dubitanda Megerlia echinata Megerlia eusticta Megerlia gigantea Megerlia granosa Megerlia margaritata Megerlia truncata Pantellaria monstruosa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (16)
• Pliocene of Algeria (4), Italy (3), Morocco (1), Spain (4), Syria (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (2), Italy (7), Poland (15), Romania (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Romania (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 69 collections including 77 occurrences
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