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Meleagrinella
Taxonomy
Meleagrinella was named by Whitfield (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Rhae J Tith Sepkoski's reference number: 1233]. Its type is Avicula curta.
It was assigned to Pteriidae by Marwick (1953); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oxytomidae by Cox (1961), Ronchetti (1970), Dagis et al. (1996), Damborenea (2002), McRoberts (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Pteriidae by Marwick (1953); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oxytomidae by Cox (1961), Ronchetti (1970), Dagis et al. (1996), Damborenea (2002), McRoberts (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1855 | Meleagrinella Whitfield p. 71 |
| 1935 | Echinotis Marwick p. 301 |
| 1953 | Meleagrinella Marwick p. 94 |
| 1961 | Meleagrinella Cox |
| 1970 | Meleagrinella Ronchetti p. 55 |
| 1996 | Meleagrinella Dagis et al. p. 53 |
| 2002 | Meleagrinella Damborenea |
| 2002 | Meleagrinella Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Meleagrinella McRoberts p. 638 |
| 2014 | Meleagrinella Ros-Franch et al. |
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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.
G. †Meleagrinella Whitfield 1855
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Subg. †Meleagrinella (Clathrolima) Cossmann 1908
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†Meleagrinella (Clathrolima) lalmenti Cossmann 1908
†Meleagrinella (Clathrolima) substriata Münster 1831
Subg. †Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella) Lutikov and Shurygin 2010
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†Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella) golberti Lutikov and Arp 2022
†Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella) olifex Quenstedt 1856
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Invalid names: Avicula neglecta Moberg 1888 [synonym], Daonella blanda de Gregorio 1930 [synonym]
†Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella) subolifex Polubotko 1968
†Meleagrinella antiqua Tozer 1970
†Meleagrinella boehmi Korchinskaya 1980
†Meleagrinella curta Hall 1852
†Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819
†Meleagrinella ferniensis McLearn 1924
†Meleagrinella formosa Vozin 1964
†Meleagrinella mclearni McRoberts 2011
†Meleagrinella omolonensis Bychkov et al. 1976
†Meleagrinella ovalis Phillips 1829
†Meleagrinella oxytomaeformis Polubotko 1968
†Meleagrinella polaris Kittl 1907
†Meleagrinella substriata Munster 1831
†Meleagrinella tasaryensis Voronetz 1936
Invalid names: Echinotis Marwick 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 9 | 9.68 | 5.30 | 15.5 | 10.0 | 3.39 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 249.90000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (318 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Smithian | USA (Idaho) | Eumicrotis curta (120985) | |
| Spathian | USA (Idaho) | Eumicrotis curta (120983) | |
| Aegean | Russian Federation | M. sp. (214738) | |
| Anisian | Russian Federation | M. polaris (124671 124674 124675) M. tasaryensis (124649 124650 124651 124652 124659 124660) | |
| Illyrian | Russian Federation | M. omolonensis (107031) M. sp. (214771) M. tasaryensis (107187 107204) | |
| Fassanian | Russian Federation | M. sp. (214781) | |
| Ladinian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Pseudomonotis tasaryensis (212790) | |
| Ladinian | Russian Federation | M. tasaryensis (124558 124561 124563) | |
| Longobardian | Russian Federation | M. sp. (214782) | |
| Longobardian - Julian | Russian Federation | M. sp. (214792) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | M. subovalis (58773 58774) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Tanzania | M. radiata (35458 35569) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Tanzania | M. radiata (35570) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | M. sp. (58780) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Tanzania | M. radiata (36279 36280 36281 36284 36294 36298 36300 36304 36306 36307 36310) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Tanzania | M. radiata (35505 35506 35509 35568 79029 79267) M. sp. (79028) | |
| Berriasian | Russian Federation | M. sp. (2533) | |
| Berriasian | China | M. sp. (64826) | |
| Aptian - Albian | China (Xizang) | M. superstes, M. dongshanensis (64249 64250) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | M. abrupta (57915) | |