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Meganterididae

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae

Taxonomy
Meganterididae was named by Schuchert and LeVene (1929). Its type is Meganteris.

It was assigned to Stringocephaloidea by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Meganterididae Schuchert and LeVene
2006Meganterididae Williams et al. p. 2007

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyStringocephaloideaKing 1850
familyMeganterididaeSchuchert and LeVene 1929
familyMeganterididaeSchuchert and LeVene 1929

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. †Meganterididae Schuchert and LeVene 1929
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Subfm. †Adreninae Boucot 1994
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G. †Adrenia
G. †Cydimia
G. †Micidus
G. †Sturtella
Subfm. †Antistrixinae Johnson 1972
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G. †Antistrix Johnson 1972
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†Antistrix invicta Johnson 1972
Subfm. †Brachyzyginae Cloud 1942
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Subfm. †Meganteridinae Schuchert and LeVene 1929
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†Meganterella finksi Boucot 1959
G. †Meganteris Suess 1855
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†Meganteris ovata Maurer 1879
Subfm. †Mutationellinae Cloud 1942
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G. †Cloudella
G. †Derbyina
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Invalid names: Chapadella [synonym], Paranaia [synonym]
G. †Neopaulinella Özdikmen 2008
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†Neopaulinella guerangeri Verneuil 1851
Invalid names: Paulinella [replaced]
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†Pleurothyrella knodi Clarke 1913
G. †Podolella
G. †Xana
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: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Frasnian or 423.00000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (138 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2China (Gansu) Mutationella podolica (27757)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Spain (Guadalajara) Mutationella SP., Podolella rensselaeroides (13929)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Nova Scotia) Mutationella sp., Podolella sp. (24857)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic Mutationella plicata (14119)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Brachyzyga pentameroides, Podolella rensselaeroides (14152) Brachyzyga sp., Mutationella sp. (26978) Mutationella podolica (14151 14153 14154 14155) Podolella rensselaeroides (13876 23444)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Algeria Mutationella podolica (27166)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) Podolella sp. (24811)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Mutationella barroisi (13878)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco Meganteris sp. (13938)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain (Palencia) Podolella rensselaeroides (40346)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8France Mutationella barroisi (26121) Mutationella sarrobi (25973) Mutationella sp. (26117 26118)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain Mutationella barroisi (13923) Podolella rensselaeroides (13922)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (New South Wales) Sturtella mandageriensis (24900)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Belarus Mutationella podolica (23671 23692)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation Podolella rensselaeroides (24738 24741)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Canada (New Brunswick) Cloudella sp. (14199)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Bolivia (La Paz) Pleurothyrella sp., Scaphiocoelia sp. (37053)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Ukraine Mutationella podolica (23446)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Brazil Scaphiocoelia sp. (25562)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3USA (New York) Meganterella finksi (75469)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Antarctica Pleurothyrella antarctica (35559 35560 35561 35564 35565)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) Micidus spp. (25696)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Spain (Aragon) Meganteris sp. (40400)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Argentina Mutationella sp., Pleurothyrella knodi (25560)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Spain (Palencia) Meganteris sp., Xana bubo (40348)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Xana bubo (101678)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5USA (Alaska) Micidus stellae (3480 3483)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Eifel) Meganteris ovata (24633) Mutationella guerangeri (24623) Mutationella indet. (24625)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Belgium (Liège) Meganteris ovata (157914)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Spain (Aragon) Meganteris sp. (40403)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9USA (Alaska) Micidus stellae (3478)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Eifel) Mutationella indet. (24695 24696)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Santa Cruz) Derbyina jamesiana, Mutationella sp., Podolella sp. (36093) Derbyina jamesiana, Podolella sp. (36091) Mutationella sp., Podolella sp. (36092)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (La Paz) Derbyina jamesiana, Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36031) Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36020 36021)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Uruguay Derbyina sp. (37078)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Podolella sp., Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36040)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Guinea-Bissau Pleurothyrella knodi (209301)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Chiquitos) Scaphiocoelia sp. (37094)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) Meganterella finksi (232952)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa Derbyina sp. (a), Derbyina sp. (b), Mutationella whitiorum (35587) Derbyina sp. (c), Mutationella sp. (a) (35588) Derbyina sp. (d), Mutationella whitiorum, Pleurothyrella africana, Pleurothyrella sp. (a) (35578) Derbyina variegata (35584) Mutationella whitiorum, Scaphiocoelia sp. (b) (35590) Pleurothyrella sp. (35604) Scaphiocoelia sp. (a) (35581)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Adrenia cernua, Adrenia expansa, Micidus shandkyddi, Micidus glaber, Cymidia robertsi (39884) Adrenia cernua, Micidus glaber, Micidus shandkyddi (39888) Adrenia expansa, Micidus shandkyddi, Cymidia parva, Cymidia robertsi (39887 39889)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Niedersachsen) Meganteris archiaci (38350)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Hessen) Meganteris archiaci (38349)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Tarija) Derbyina jamesiana (36057)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Nevada) Mutationella sp. (164793)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Scaphiocoelia sp. (37095)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Cochabamba) Derbyina smithi (36073) Mutationella sp., Scaphiocoelia boliviensis, Pleurothyrella knodi (36076)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand Pleurothyrella sp., Reeftonella neozelanica (40527) Pleurothyrella venusta (40520 40524) Reeftonella neozelanica (40522 40525 40529)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand (North Westland) Pleurothyrella venusta (3672) Reeftonella neozelanica (3674)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Parana) Derbyina sp. (37080 37081 37082 37084 37090 37093)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Bolivia Derbyina jamesiana (36128 36129) Derbyina jamesiana, Mutationella sp., Pleurothyrella knodi (36131) Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36124)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Piaui) Derbyina sp. (37126) Derbyina sp., Mutationellinae indet. B, Mutationellinae indet. C (37128)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Parana) Derbyina sp. (37104 37105 37107)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Santa Catarina) Derbyina sp. (37103)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Goias) Derbyina sp. (37111)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Amapa) Derbyina sp., Podolella sp. (37136)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Mato Grosso) Derbyina sp., Paranaia sp., Mutationellinae indet. (37115)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Maranhao) Derbyina sp. (37118)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Para) Paranaia sp., Podolella sp. (37138)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Argentina Mutationella sp. (25556)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9South Africa Mutationella sp. (35598)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain Paulinella sp. (62185)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Luxembourg Mutationella confluentina (232220)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7South Africa Mutationella sp. (a) (35601)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Bolivia (Santa Cruz) Derbyina jamesiana (36071)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Para) Paranaia sp., Podolella sp. (37137)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Derbyina jamesiana (36045)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Aragon) Meganteris sp. (40433)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Piaui) Derbyina sp., Mutationellinae indet. B (37129)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Nevada) Antistrix invicta (3827)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Bolivia (La Paz) Derbyina jamesiana (36039 36069)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Santa Catarina) Derbyina sp. (37140)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Piaui) Derbyina sp. (37171) Mutationellinae indet. D (37170)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7USA (Nevada) Antistrix invicta (94267)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Goias) Derbyina sp. (37157 37162)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Mato Grosso) Derbyina sp. (37159 37160 37161)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Brazil (Parana) Derbyina whitiorum (106996)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Brazil (Para) Derbyina sp. (37174) Derbyina sp., Paranaia sp., Podolella sp. (37173) Podolella sp. (37175)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Colombia (Boyaca) Derbyina sp., Meganteris australis (36012)