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Megalodontesidae
Taxonomy
Megalodontesidae was named by Konow (1897). It is extant.
It was assigned to Pamphilioidea by Blank et al. (2009), Taeger et al. (2010), Gao et al. (2016), Wang et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Pamphilioidea by Blank et al. (2009), Taeger et al. (2010), Gao et al. (2016), Wang et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Megalodontesidae Konow |
| 1968 | Praesiricinae Rasnitsyn p. 216 |
| 1983 | Praesiricidae Rasnitsyn p. 65 |
| 1992 | Praesiricidae Carpenter |
| 2009 | Megalodontesidae Blank et al. p. 35 |
| 2010 | Megalodontesidae Taeger et al. p. 68 |
| 2010 | Praesiricidae Taeger et al. p. 95 |
| 2013 | Praesiricidae Wang et al. p. 578 |
| 2015 | Praesiricidae Wang et al. p. 571 |
| 2016 | Megalodontesidae Gao et al. p. 3 |
| 2016 | Megalodontesidae Wang et al. p. 249 |
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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.
Fm. Megalodontesidae Konow 1897
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Subfm. †Archoxyelydinae Wang et al. 2013
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Subfm. †Decorisiricinae Wang et al. 2015
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G. †Decorisiricius Wang et al. 2015
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†Decorisiricius longus Wang et al. 2015
†Decorisiricius patulus Wang et al. 2015
G. †Limbisiricius Wang et al. 2015
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†Limbisiricius aequalis Wang et al. 2015
†Limbisiricius complanatus Wang et al. 2015
G. †Jibaissodes Ren 1995
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†Jibaissodes bellus Gao et al. 2016
†Jibaissodes giganteus Ren 1995
†Jibaissodes peichenae Wang et al. 2019
Subfm. †Praesiricinae Rasnitsyn 1968
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Invalid names: Praesiricidae Rasnitsyn 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 165.30000 to 113.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Limbisiricius aequalis, Limbisiricius complanatus, Brevisiricius partialis (138748) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Aulidontes mandibulatus (106279) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Hoplitolyda duolunica (117608) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Archoxyelyda mirabilis, Rudisiricius ferox, Rudisiricius ater, Rudisiricius tenellus, Rudisiricius parvus, Rudisiricius membranaceous, Rudisiricius validus, Decorisiricius patulus, Decorisiricius longus (138325) Jibaissodes bellus (124759) Jibaissodes peichenae (198810) Rudisiricius belli (140491) Rudisiricius crassinodus, Rudisiricius celsus (111714) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Hebei) | Sinosepulca gigathoracalis (107001) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Russian Federation (Chita) | Turgidontes magnus (119499) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | Xyelydontes sculpturatus (103657) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Praesirex hirtus (105536) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | China (Beijing Shi) | Jibaissodes giganteus (106965) |