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Metacerithium

Gastropoda - Metacerithiidae

Taxonomy
Metacerithium was named by Cossmann (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Nc T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is the type genus of Metacerithinae.

It was assigned to Metacerithinae by Cossmann (1906); to Metacerithiinae by Allison (1955); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Metacerithiidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Metacerithium Cossmann p. 22
1955Metacerithium Allison p. 417
2002Metacerithium Sepkoski
2005Metacerithium Bouchet et al. pp. 108, 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyMetacerithiidae(Cossmann 1906)
genusMetacerithiumCossmann 1906

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.

G. †Metacerithium Cossmann 1906
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†Metacerithium packardi Nelson 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Thanetian or 139.10000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Germany M. strombiforme, M. sp. (95087)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Germany M. ascheri (67176 67177) M. ornatissimum (67178)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) M. coquandi (177726)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany M. pyrgos (67180)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Germany M. pyrgos (67181)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) M. sp. (1890)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Madagascar (Mahajanga) M. trimoline (60071 60072)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) M. trimonile (1783)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France M. sp. (56561 58942)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Hungary M. vicinum, M. intermedium, M. trimonile (74891)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) M. trimonile (86497)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France M. sp. (58861)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt M. tuberculatum (98327)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France M. sp. (58359)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) M. sp. (167601)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) M. sp. (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania M. sp. (193269)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland M. hauniense, M. zigzag, M. pseudotelescopium (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt M. abictiforme (2927)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark M. sp. (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland M. sp. (22943)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (California) M. n. sp. (192824 192826)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Egypt (Western Desert) M. abictiforme (3142)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) M. packardi (11117)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) M. epicretaceum, M. paleocaenicum (84335)
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24USA (California) M. n. sp. (192854)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark M. hauniense (35263 35264 35265 35266) M. sp., M. hauniense (51500)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) M. packardi (239601)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland M. paleocaenicum (27019 27020)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) M. packardi (166042 239720)