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Mesturidae
Taxonomy
Mesturidae was named by Nursall (1996).
It was assigned to Gyrodontoidei by Nursall (1996), Nursall (1999); and to Pycnodontiformes by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002), Delsate et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Gyrodontoidei by Nursall (1996), Nursall (1999); and to Pycnodontiformes by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002), Delsate et al. (2002).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Mesturidae Nursall |
| 1999 | Mesturidae Nursall p. 153 |
| 2002 | Mesturidae Delsate et al. p. 33 |
| 2002 | Mesturidae Poyato-Ariza and Wenz |
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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.
Fm. †Mesturidae Nursall 1996
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G. †Micropycnodon Hibbard and Graffham 1945
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†Micropycnodon gaynaisensis Nursall 1999
†Micropycnodon kansasensis Hibbard and Graffham 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 165.30000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Callovian | France | Mesturus sp. (123348) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Mesturus verrucosus (123985) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Mesturus sp. (92145) | |
| Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Micropycnodon sp. (142093) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (132505) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (213414) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Micropycnodon kansaensis (213403) Pycnodontidae indet. (35429) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Micropycnodon sp. (22731) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (213387) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | Micropycnodon sp. (213389) | |
| Turonian - Coniacian | USA (New Mexico) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (221290) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Utah) | Micropycnodon sp. (14389) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Israel (Southern District) | Micropycnodon sp. (92192) |