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Megamyonia

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Megamyonia was named by Wang (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u O Ashg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 764]. It is not extant. Its type is Megamyonia knighti.

It was assigned to Strophomenidae by Macomber (1970); to Rafinesquininae by Williams et al. (2000); to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Furcitellinae by Congreve et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Megamyonia Wang pp. 32-33 figs. Pl. 9, figs. 1-5
1970Megamyonia Macomber p. 442
2000Megamyonia Williams et al. p. 241
2002Megamyonia Sepkoski
2019Megamyonia Congreve et al. p. 273

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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
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusMegamyoniaWang 1949

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. †Megamyonia Wang 1949
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†Megamyonia arethusa Billings 1862
†Megamyonia breviuscula Foerste 1917
†Megamyonia gracilis Twenhofel 1928
†Megamyonia knighti Wang 1949
†Megamyonia mankini Alberstadt 1973
†Megamyonia nitens Billings 1860
†Megamyonia unicostata Meek and Worthen 1868
†Megamyonia vaurealensis Twenhofel 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-10 11:30:00
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:30:00
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Helderbergian or 451.00000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) M. sp. (24637)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Oklahoma) M. mankini (10753 55505 55508)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) M. arethusa (158516 158521 158523 158524 158525 158526 158538 158540 158541 158542 158544 158545 158546 158547 158548 158555 158559 158561 158562 158563 158569 158571 158632 158634 158635 158637 158638 158817 158825 158826 158835 158839 158841 158843 159194 159196 159198 159203 159216) M. arethusa, M. nitens (158536 158837 158838 159202) M. nitens (158543 158827 158836 158844)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) M. unicostata (23281)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) M. unicostata (23809)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) M. unicostata (24636 192139)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) M. nitens (166452)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) M. unicostata (23282)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) M. unicostata (23810)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) M. unicostata (23283)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Leptaena unicostata (174050) M. nitens (23010 34813 166398 166451 166453 166454 166455 166463) M. raymondi, M. nitens (14120)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) M. unicostata (26683)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) M. unicostata (23811)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) M. nitens (35350 35351)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Wisconsin) M. sp. (75744)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) M. nitens (13497 65239)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) M. knighti (204093) M. unicostata (13260)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Rafinesquina breviusculus (26312 26313 26314)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Leptaena nitens (173860 173872 173990 174028) Leptaena nitens, Leptaena gracilis (173875 174027) Leptaena vaurealensis (63675) M. arethusa (158539) M. nitens (158812)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) M. nitens (166380 166389 166392 166396 166499 166500 166504 166633 166654 166704 192101)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) M. nitens (23013 23014 23024 23026) M. nitens, M. breviuscula (23023) M. nitens, M. unicostata (23018) M. raymondi, M. nitens (23011)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (64473 64474)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Tennessee) Leptaena unicostata (5393)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) M. nitens (26358)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Quebec) M. arethusa (158859)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Algeria Strophomena imbrex (27456)