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Mesopunctia
Taxonomy
Mesopunctia was named by Waterhouse (1998). Its type is Notospirifer macropustulosus.
It was assigned to Glendoniinae by Williams et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Glendoniinae by Williams et al. (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Mesopunctia Waterhouse |
| 2007 | Mesopunctia Williams 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. †Mesopunctia Waterhouse 1998
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†Mesopunctia extensa Campbell 1961
†Mesopunctia macropustulosus Waterhouse 1968
†Mesopunctia microspinosa Waterhouse 1968
†Mesopunctia minuta Campbell 1960
†Mesopunctia spinosa Waterhouse and Vella 1965
†Notospirifer extensus tweedalei Campbell 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 15.7 | 9.07 | 28.5 | 15.6 | 7.13 |
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 293.52000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (58 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sakmarian | Australia (New South Wales) | Notospirifer extensus (101575) | |
| Artinskian | Australia (Queensland) | Notospirifer extensus (95418 101583 103429 103439 105021) | |
| Roadian | Australia (Queensland) | Notospirifer extensus (105022) | |
| Wordian | Australia (New South Wales) | Notospirifer minutus (101537) | |
| Wordian | New Zealand (Southland) | Notospirifer macropustulosus (41784) Notospirifer microstriatus (41767) | |
| Wordian | Australia (Tasmania) | Notospirifer minutus (51319) | |
| Capitanian | New Zealand (Southland) | Notospirifer macropustulosus (41788 41789) Notospirifer microstriatus (41777 41778 41779) | |
| Wuchiapingian | New Zealand (Southland) | Notospirifer microspinosus (39926 39930 41768 41771) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (New South Wales) | Notospirifer minutus (101538) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (Queensland) | Notospirifer macropustulosus (98100 101569 103924 104768 104769 120329 120331 120333 120335 120336 120337 120338 120340 120341 120350 120379 120535 120536 120539 120661 120662) Notospirifer minutus (101582 103122 103124 103126 103127 103128 103129 103130 103132 103136 103137 103138 103143 104762 104771) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (Tasmania) | Notospirifer minutus (51314) |