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Mentzeliinae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae

Taxonomy
Mentzeliinae was named by Dagys (1974).

It was assigned to Spiriferinidae by Dagys (1977), Williams et al. (2006); and to Mentzeliidae by He and Chen (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Mentzeliinae Dagys
1977Mentzeliinae Dagys
2006Mentzeliinae Williams et al. p. 1934
2016Mentzeliinae He and Chen p. 967

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilySpiriferinoidea(Davidson 1884)
familyMentzeliidaeDagys 1974
subfamilyMentzeliinaeDagys 1974
subfamilyMentzeliinaeDagys 1974

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.

Subfm. †Mentzeliinae Dagys 1974
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G. †Dagyssia Gaetani and Mantovani 2015
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†Dagyssia multicostata Yang and Xu 1966
†Dagyssia palaeotypus Loretz 1875
G. †Koeveskallina Dagys 1965
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†Koeveskallina bifurcata Guo et al. 2019
†Koeveskallina dalmani Klipstein 1843
†Koeveskallina epichara Sun and Ye 1982
†Koeveskallina media Sun and Ye 1982
†Koeveskallina paleotypus Loretz 1875
†Koeveskallina pannonica Bittner 1890
G. †Liaous He and Chen 2016
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†Liaous shaiwensis He and Chen 2016
G. †Mentzelia Quenstedt 1871
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†Mentzelia ampla Bittner 1890
†Mentzelia balatonica Bittner 1890
†Mentzelia glabra Dagys 1963
†Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851
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Invalid names: Spirifer medianus Quenstedt 1871 [synonym]
†Mentzelia minor Sun and Ye 1982
†Mentzelia naliensis Reed 1944
†Mentzelia paucicostata Yang and Xu 1966
†Mentzelia ptychitiphila Bittner 1890
†Mentzelia rhaetica Pearson 1977
†Mentzelia scabrula Jin et al. 1979
†Mentzelia sinuata Dagys 1963
†Mentzelia subspherica Yang and Xu 1966
G. †Paramentzelia Xu 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Rhaetian or 259.51000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (219 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Mentzelia naliensis (125897 125903 125908 126268 126693)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Mentzelia naliensis (126759)
Induan251.902 - 249.9USA (Wyoming) Mentzelia sp. (203170)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Shaanxi) Mentzelia sp. (150462)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24China (Qinghai) Koeveskallina epichara (107716) Koeveskallina media, Mentzelia minor (107722)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Innsbruck) Mentzelia mentzelii (202274 202275)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Croatia Spiriferina mentzelii (135872)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Thailand Mentzelia mentzeli (44807)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (135874 136952 136953) Spiriferina mentzelii (128182 135881 136921 136922 136923 136924)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Mentzelia judicaria (29206 29207 29208 29209 29211) Mentzelia mentzeli (29203 29204 29205 29210) Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (128183 136954 136956) Spiriferina mentzelii (113567 128184 128190 135865 136190 136925 136926 136927 136928 136929 137008) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (128186 136185) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis, Spiriferina palaeotypus (135877 136266) Spiriferina palaeotypus (136957)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Slovenia Spiriferina mentzelii (136930)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia multicostata, Mentzelia subspherica (201820)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (206730) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (206725) Spiriferina ptychitiphila (206619 206720 206722)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary (Bakony) Spiriferina mentzelii (203265) Spiriferina palaeotypus, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (203266)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary (Veszprem) Koeveskallina sp. (44289)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation Mentzelia koeveskalliensis (32542)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Vietnam Mentzelia mentzeli (44763)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (136260) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (128179)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Xizang) Mentzelia mentzeli (103241) Mentzelia subspherica (44340)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464India (Himachal Pradesh) Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (206205) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (206206)
Middle Triassic - Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Mentzelia mentzeli (111833 111855)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0China (Sichuan) Mentzelia mentzeli (123655)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Spiriferina koeveskalliensis, Spiriferina ptychitiphila (203799) Spiriferina ptychitiphila (203800 203815) Spiriferina ptychitiphila, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (206721)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (203796)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Montenegro Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (203795) Spiriferina meridionalis, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (203797)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Austria (Innsbruck) Mentzelia mentzelii (202279)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Spiriferina mentzelii (203842) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (203840 203841) Spiriferina meridionalis (206734 206735)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania Koeveskallina sp. A, Koeveskallina sp. B (197722)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24China (Guizhou) Liaous shaiwensis (178664)
Bithynian - Pelsonian244.99 - 243.33Bulgaria Mentzelia ampla (44917)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Hungary (Bakony) Spiriferina mentzelii (203218)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Hungary Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (40620) Mentzelia mentzeli (40621 40623 40624 40625 40626 40627 40631 40637 40638 40640 40641 40643 40645 40648) Mentzelia mentzeli, Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (40616 40617 40639) Mentzelia mentzeli, Koeveskallina paleotypus (40634) Mentzelia mentzeli, Koeveskallina paleotypus, Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (40630 40632 40633 40636 40642) Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia balatonica, Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (40618) Spiriferina balatonica, Spiriferina mentzelii (128189) Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (128187) Spiriferina palaeotypus, Spiriferina mentzelii (136932) Spiriferina pannonica, Spiriferina ptychitiphila (136386)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Slovakia Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (23861) Mentzelia sp. (44913)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Romania Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (170257) Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis, Mentzelia ptychitiphila (170252)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guizhou) Hirsutella multicostata, Mentzelia subspherica (31610)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Bosnia and Herzegovina Spiriferina mentzelii, Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (206612)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy (Vicentin) Mentzelia mentzeli (87260)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Serbia Mentzelia mentzeli (157932 157937 157938 157944)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) Mentzelia mentzeli (81496)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Hungary Koeveskallina koeveskalliensis, Mentzelia mentzelii, Spiriferina ptychitiphila (81051)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Hirsutella multicostata, Mentzelia subspherica (31612 31617) Mentzelia mentzeli (44252 44347 152028) Mentzelia mentzeli, Hirsutella multicostata, Mentzelia subspherica (31611 31613 31614 31615 31618 31620 31621 31622 31623 31624 31625 31626 31627) Mentzelia mentzeli, Koeveskallina bifurcata (206771) Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia subspherica (31616 31619 31628 31630 31631 31632) Mentzelia multicostata, Mentzelia paucicostata (152031) Mentzelia subspherica (31629 44247 152032 152033)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Austria Spiriferina mentzelii (136180)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Yunnan) Mentzelia mentzeli, Dagyssia multicostata, Koeveskallina bifurcata (206770)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Yemen Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (194532)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Lombardy) Mentzelia mentzeli (44531)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Türkiye Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (179412)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Romania Mentzelia mentzeli (170256) Mentzelia sp., Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (170260)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina Spiriferina ptychitiphila (137000)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Mentzelia mentzeli (175096)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Hungary (Veszprem) Mentzelia mentzeli (43670) Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia ampla (43648) Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia ampla, Koeveskallina pannonica (43671 43672)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Hungary (Bakony) Spiriferina koeveskalliensis (203220) Spiriferina mentzelii (203219)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) Koeveskallina palaeotypus (81497)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria Spiriferina ptychitiphila (136996 136997 136998 136999)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Italy (Bergamo) Mentzelia ampla (33367 33371 33374) Mentzelia mentzeli (33360 33375 33380 33382 33390) Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia ampla (33377)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Slovakia Koeveskallina palaeotypus, Mentzelia dalmani, Mentzelia mentzeli, Mentzelia ampla (23867)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Mentzelia sp. (44723)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Laballa scabrula (85165)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Austria Mentzelia ampla (49313 49317)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Sichuan) Mentzelia globra (25405) Mentzelia sp., Paramentzelia ovata (25404)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Slovakia Mentzelia halobiarum (49420 49423 49438 49444 49445 49446) Mentzelia halobiarum, Mentzelia halobiarum (49422 49442)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Slovenia Mentzelia halobiarum (85148)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Hungary Mentzelia ampla (23870)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3New Caledonia Mentzelia sp. (39934)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38China (Yunnan) Mentzelia ampla (132585)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38China (Sichuan) Paramentzelia ovata, Paramentzelia subsphaerica (123663)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38China (Xizang) Mentzelia ampla (132584)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Austria Mentzelia sp. (66932)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Russian Federation (Adygea republic) Mentzelia glabra, Mentzelia sinuata (128314)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Russian Federation Mentzelia glabra (128267)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18China (Xizang) Mentzelia ampla, Mentzelia scabrula (132583) Mentzelia glabra (132683)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4New Zealand (Taharoa) Mentzelia sp. (201921)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Romania Mentzelia glabra (170280)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany Mentzelia rhaetica (137756)