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Megachonetes

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Megachonetes is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Delepineinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Megachonetes Williams et al. p. 411
2002Megachonetes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilyDelepineinaeMuir-Wood 1962
genusMegachonetes

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.

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Megachonetes papilionacea Phillips 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Asbian or 387.95000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Sichuan) M. minor (74633)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) M. sp. (46871 46872)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) M. sp. (46863)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) M. papilionaceus (5757 5759 5830 5833 5835 5836 5837 5838 5843 5850 5851 5855 5859 5862 5863 5864 41454) M. sp. (6009)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) M. papilionaceus (41451)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Germany M. magnus (64674) M. sp. (64672)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) M. sp. (46880 46882)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) M. papilionacea (238716)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) M. sp. (6951)