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Merista
Taxonomy
Merista was named by Suess (1851). Its type is Terebratula herculea. It is the type genus of Meristidae.
It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meristinae by Jin and Chatterton (1997), Williams et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meristinae by Jin and Chatterton (1997), Williams et al. (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1851 | Merista Suess |
| 1997 | Merista Jin and Chatterton |
| 2002 | Merista Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Merista Williams et al. p. 1570 |
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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. †Merista Suess 1851
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†Merista cuneatina Jin and Chatterton 1997
†Merista fabulosa Kulkov 1974
†Merista herculea Barrande 1847
†Merista maccullochensis Carter 1967
†Merista oklahomensis Amsden 1953
†Merista rhombiformis Jin et al. 1993
†Merista tennesseensis Hall and Clarke 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Collections (117 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silurian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. sp. (528) | |
| Niagaran - Sheinwoodian | Canada (Québec) | M. sp. (25157) | |
| Telychian | Canada (Nunavut) | M. rhombiformis (77342 184876 184878 184881 184886 184887 184894 184895) | |
| Telychian | Canada (Ontario) | M. rhombiformis (77262 77263 77335) | |
| Telychian | USA (Iowa) | M. sp. (26763) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | USA (Indiana) | M. nitida (26807) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | USA (Iowa) | M. sp. (26769) | |
| Telychian - Wenlock | USA (Indiana) | M. sp. (26806) | |
| Sheinwoodian | USA (Indiana) | M. sp., M. nitida (26805) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | M. sp. (26011) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Nunavut) | M. sp. (26003 26009 26013 26014) | |
| Wenlock | Russian Federation | M. rufina (24749) M. upsilon (23772) | |
| Wenlock | USA (Tennessee) | M. nitida (26788) M. sp. (26802) | |
| Wenlock | Canada (Northwest Territories) | M. cuneatina (26059) M. sp. (24919 24920 24930) | |
| Wenlock | USA (Indiana) | M. nitida (26787) M. sp. (26700 26771 26778 26789 26811) | |
| Wenlock | Canada (Québec) | M. sp. (25158) | |
| Wenlock | USA (California) | M. sp. (226732) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | Canada (Northwest Territories) | M. brevirostris (188813 188814 188815 188859) M. sp. (188855 188862 188863) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | USA (Illinois) | M. sp. (26770) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | Spain (Palencia) | M. sp. (40345) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | USA (Wisconsin) | M. sp. (26701) | |
| Wenlock - Pridoli | Italy (Sardinia) | M. sp. (26163) | |
| Whitwellian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | M. cuneatina (26035 26042 26048) | |
| Homerian | Czechia | M. pirola (14101) | |
| Gorstian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. oklahomensis (170221) | |
| Ludlow | USA (Missouri) | M. sp. (26822) | |
| Ludlow | Venezuela | M. sp. (25067) | |
| Ludlow | USA (Oklahoma) | M. oklahomensis (26823 170245 170246) M. sp. (487) | |
| Ludlow | Russian Federation | M. upsilon (23760 23763 23764) | |
| Ludlow - Pridoli | USA (Oklahoma) | M. oklahomensis (170222 170225 170228 170238 170241) | |
| Ludfordian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. oklahomensis (170224) | |
| Ludfordian - Pridoli | USA (Oklahoma) | M. oklahomensis (26824) | |
| Pridoli | Russian Federation (Bashkir) | M. upsilon (13954) | |
| Pridoli | Canada (Yukon Territory) | M. sp. (26657) | |
| Pridoli | USA (Oklahoma) | M. oklahomensis (170226 170235 170243 170244 170263) | |
| Lochkovian | Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) | M. solita (81749 81792) | |
| Lochkovian | Russian Federation (Bashkir) | M. stricta (13941 13955) | |
| Lochkovian | Belarus | M. passer (23671) | |
| Lochkovian | Czechia | M. herculea (14119) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (Maryland) | M. typa (219867) | |
| Lochkovian | Ukraine | M. passer (14152) M. sp. (14151) | |
| Lochkovian - Pragian | Russian Federation | M. sp. (24737) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania) | M. sp. (651 652) | |
| Lochkovian - Emsian | Austria (Carnic Alps) | M. hecate (77909) | |
| Pragian | Czechia | M. passer (12104) | |
| Pragian | Czechia (Praha) | M. passer (235199) | |
| Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian | Italy | M. calypso (26245 26255) | |
| Pragian - Emsian | China (Nei Mongol) | M. sp. (25757 25791) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Czechia (Praha) | M. repellens, M. passer (5804) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Morocco | M. sp. (150334) | |
| Emsian | Czechia | M. passer (5815) M. repellens, M. passer (5800) | |
| Zlichovian | Czechia (Barrandia) | M. hercules, M. sulcata (12112) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Czechia | M. sulcata (12144) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Czechia | M. passer, M. repellens (5783) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Morocco | M. passer (207889) | |
| Eifelian | Myanmar | M. sp. (64813) M. subdidyma (25737) | |
| Eifelian | Czechia | M. repellens (5792 5817) | |
| Eifelian | Afghanistan (Ghazni) | M. sp. (75096) | |
| Givetian - Frasnian | Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) | M. plebeja (83915) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | Poland | M. rhenanensis (61840) | |
| Hastarian | Australia (New South Wales) | M. sp. (75621) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Texas) | M. maccullochensis (62492 62494 62495 62497) |