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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Frasnian or 422.70000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (138 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Gansu) Mutationella podolica (27757)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Spain (Guadalajara) Mutationella SP., Podolella rensselaeroides (13929)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) Sturtella mandageriensis (24900)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Podolella sp. (24811)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nova Scotia) Mutationella sp., Podolella sp. (24857)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Belarus Mutationella podolica (23671 23692)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Poland Mutationella barroisi (13878)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Spain Mutationella barroisi (13923) Podolella rensselaeroides (13922)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation Podolella rensselaeroides (24738 24741)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Algeria Mutationella podolica (27166)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Spain (Palencia) Podolella rensselaeroides (40346)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02France Mutationella barroisi (26121) Mutationella sarrobi (25973) Mutationella sp. (26117 26118)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia Mutationella plicata (14119)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco Meganteris sp. (13938)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine Brachyzyga pentameroides, Podolella rensselaeroides (14152) Brachyzyga sp., Mutationella sp. (26978) Mutationella podolica (14151 14153 14154 14155) Podolella rensselaeroides (13876 23444)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Canada (New Brunswick) Cloudella sp. (14199)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Ukraine Mutationella podolica (23446)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Bolivia (La Paz) Pleurothyrella sp., Scaphiocoelia sp. (37053)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47USA (New York) Meganterella finksi (75469)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Brazil Scaphiocoelia sp. (25562)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Antarctica Pleurothyrella antarctica (35559 35560 35561 35564 35565)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) Micidus spp. (25696)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Spain (Aragon) Meganteris sp. (40400)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Argentina Mutationella sp., Pleurothyrella knodi (25560)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Meganteris sp., Xana bubo (40348)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5USA (Alaska) Micidus stellae (3478 3480 3483)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Eifel) Meganteris ovata (24633) Mutationella guerangeri (24623) Mutationella indet. (24625)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Belgium (Liège) Meganteris ovata (157914)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Xana bubo (101678)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Aragon) Meganteris sp. (40403)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Santa Cruz) Derbyina jamesiana, Mutationella sp., Podolella sp. (36093) Derbyina jamesiana, Podolella sp. (36091) Mutationella sp., Podolella sp. (36092)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Scaphiocoelia sp. (37095)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Hessen) Meganteris archiaci (38349)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Podolella sp., Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36040)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Cochabamba) Derbyina smithi (36073) Mutationella sp., Scaphiocoelia boliviensis, Pleurothyrella knodi (36076)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Meganterella finksi (232952)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Brazil (Parana) Derbyina sp. (37080 37081 37082 37084 37090 37093)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) Mutationella sp. (164793)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Tarija) Derbyina jamesiana (36057)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Eifel) Mutationella indet. (24695 24696)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South 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)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Guinea-Bissau Pleurothyrella knodi (209301)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (La Paz) Derbyina jamesiana, Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36031) Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36020 36021)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47New Zealand (North Westland) Pleurothyrella venusta (3672) Reeftonella neozelanica (3674)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (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)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Chiquitos) Scaphiocoelia sp. (37094)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uruguay Derbyina sp. (37078)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47New Zealand Pleurothyrella sp., Reeftonella neozelanica (40527) Pleurothyrella venusta (40520 40524) Reeftonella neozelanica (40522 40525 40529)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Niedersachsen) Meganteris archiaci (38350)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Amapa) Derbyina sp., Podolella sp. (37136)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Piaui) Derbyina sp. (37126) Derbyina sp., Mutationellinae indet. B, Mutationellinae indet. C (37128)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Mato Grosso) Derbyina sp., Paranaia sp., Mutationellinae indet. (37115)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Goias) Derbyina sp. (37111)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Santa Catarina) Derbyina sp. (37103)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Parana) Derbyina sp. (37104 37105 37107)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Maranhao) Derbyina sp. (37118)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Para) Paranaia sp., Podolella sp. (37138)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Bolivia Derbyina jamesiana (36128 36129) Derbyina jamesiana, Mutationella sp., Pleurothyrella knodi (36131) Scaphiocoelia boliviensis (36124)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain Paulinella sp. (62185)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Argentina Mutationella sp. (25556)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Luxembourg Mutationella confluentina (232220)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47South Africa Mutationella sp. (35598)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Brazil (Piaui) Derbyina sp., Mutationellinae indet. B (37129)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Bolivia (Santa Cruz) Derbyina jamesiana (36071)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Spain (Aragon) Meganteris sp. (40433)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Nevada) Antistrix invicta (3827)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Brazil (Para) Paranaia sp., Podolella sp. (37137)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Bolivia (La Paz) Derbyina jamesiana (36039 36069)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Derbyina jamesiana (36045)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95South Africa Mutationella sp. (a) (35601)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Brazil (Goias) Derbyina sp. (37157 37162)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31USA (Nevada) Antistrix invicta (94267)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Brazil (Piaui) Derbyina sp. (37171) Mutationellinae indet. D (37170)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Brazil (Mato Grosso) Derbyina sp. (37159 37160 37161)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Brazil (Santa Catarina) Derbyina sp. (37140)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Brazil (Parana) Derbyina whitiorum (106996)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Brazil (Para) Derbyina sp. (37174) Derbyina sp., Paranaia sp., Podolella sp. (37173) Podolella sp. (37175)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) Derbyina sp., Meganteris australis (36012)