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Meristella
Taxonomy
Meristella is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Meristellinae by Williams et al. (2002); and to Meristellidae by Boucot et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Meristellinae by Williams et al. (2002); and to Meristellidae by Boucot et al. (2008).
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. angustisinuata, M. arcuata, M. atoka, M. barissi, M. barrisi, M. bohemiae, M. cassidea, M. ceras, M. champlaini, M. doris, M. formosensis, M. grandis, M. holynensis, M. laevis, M. norilica, M. parva, M. praenuntia, M. precordillerana, M. princeps, M. renaudae, M. scitula, M. securis, M. subovata, M. subrotunda, M. tumida, M. wheeleri
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Meristella Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Meristella Williams et al. p. 1559 |
| 2008 | Meristella Boucot 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. †Meristella
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Subg. †Meristella (Whitfieldia) Davidson 1881
†Meristella haskinsi Hall 1860
†Meristella martini Merriam 1973
†Meristella robertsensis Merriam 1940
†Meristella wisniowskii Kozlowski 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Porkuni to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 445.20000 to 358.86000 Ma
Collections (216 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porkuni | Latvia | M. cassidea (173494 197450 197451) | |
| Llandovery - Wenlock | USA (New York) | Whitfieldia sp. (12929) | |
| Silurian | Australia (Victoria) | M. sp. (10187) | |
| Silurian | USA (Alaska) | M. tumida (111898) | |
| Aeronian | United Kingdom (England) | Whitfieldia sp. (453) | |
| Sheinwoodian | USA (Wisconsin) | Whitfieldia sp. (13075) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Sweden (Gotland) | Whitfieldia sp. (13527) | |
| Wenlock | Russian Federation (Siberia) | M. norilica (206312) | |
| Ludlow | Russian Federation | M. sp. (24691) | |
| Ludfordian | Australia (Victoria) | M. sp. (25653) | |
| Pridoli - Lochkovian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. atoka (26826) | |
| Pridoli - Helderbergian | Australia (New South Wales) | M. sp. (24903) | |
| Pridoli - Helderbergian | Algeria | M. tumida (27456) | |
| Early/Lower Lochkovian | USA (Nevada) | M. wisniowskii (590 240752 240755 240816) | |
| Gedinnine | USA (Tennessee) | M. atoka (75628) | |
| Lochkovian | France | M. renaudae (26116) M. sp. (26117 26118) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (Nunavut) | M. sp. (14025) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (New Brunswick) | M. sp. (593) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (Tennessee) | M. sp. (26852) | |
| Lochkovian | Australia (Victoria) | M. sp. (7196) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (New York) | M. arcuata (83112) M. arcuata, M. laevis (83114) M. arcuata, M. laevis, M. princeps (83111 83115) M. laevis (83113) M. laevis, M. praenuntia (76757) M. laevis, M. princeps (83110) M. laevis, M. sp. (76846) M. sp. (24815 76848 83108) | |
| Lochkovian | Ukraine | M. wisniowskii (14152) | |
| Lochkovian | Argentina | M. precordillerana (25559) | |
| Lochkovian | Australia (New South Wales) | M. subovata (24900) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. atoka (164273 164274 164275 164276 164277 164278 164279 164280) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | M. sp. (24857) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (Yukon) | M. sp. (24931) | |
| Lochkovian | Spain | M. sp.G (13924) | |
| Lochkovian | Canada (Quebec) | M. sp. (654) | |
| Helderbergian - Pragian | Canada (New Brunswick) | M. sp. (14199) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Canada (Ontario) | M. sp. (40058) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Czechia (Barrandia) | M. securis (12183) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania) | M. sp. (651 652) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (New York) | M. sp. (75466 75468) | |
| Helderbergian | USA (California) | M. robertsensis (24870) | |
| Helderbergian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (596) | |
| Helderbergian | USA (New York) | M. arcuata (25894 25895 25896 25897) | |
| Lochkovian - Zlichovian | Canada (Yukon) | M. sp. (603) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian | Czechia | M. holynensis, M. securis (12148) | |
| Devonian | USA (Alaska) | M. barrisi (111909) | |
| Pragian | Czechia | M. bohemiae (12104) | |
| Pragian | Venezuela | M. sp. (35894) | |
| Pragian | USA (Nevada) | M. martini (602 240819 240820 240821 240822 240823 240824 240826 240827 240828 240829 241379 241382) | |
| Pragian | Canada (Quebec) | M. champlaini (598 599) | |
| Pragian | Australia (Victoria) | M. sp. (8502) | |
| Pragian | USA (Oklahoma) | M. sp. (232945) | |
| Pragian | USA (New York) | M. sp. (601) | |
| Pragian | Vietnam | M. grandis (83248) | |
| Siegen | USA (Nevada) | M. robertsensis (164821 164822 164823) M. sp. (164733) | |
| Deer Parkian | USA (Nevada) | M. robertsensis (164689) M. sp. (164800) | |
| Emsian | South Africa | M. sp. (a) (35581) M. sp. (b), M. sp. (c) (35582) | |
| Emsian | Canada (Quebec) | M. champlaini (231625) M. laevis (233202) | |
| Emsian | USA (Nevada) | M. robertsensis (164691 164794 164798 164801 164802) M. sp. (164804 164805 164806) M. sulcate sp. (164807) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Colombia | M. wheeleri (36017) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | USA (California) | M. robertsensis (225967 225995) | |
| Eifelian | Russian Federation (Nenets) | M. sp. (81606) | |
| Eifelian | Venezuela | M. sp. (35900) | |
| Eifelian | USA (New York) | M. doris (9539 9551) M. doris, M. sp. (9613 9615) M. scitula (9538) M. sp. (9540 9543 9544 9545 9553) | |
| Eifelian | Canada (Ontario) | M. barrisi, M. angustisinuata, M. subrotunda (3853) M. barrisi, M. formosensis (3846) M. barrisi, M. formosensis, M. subrotunda (3845) M. formosensis, M. angustisinuata (3850) M. subrotunda (3844 3852) | |
| Eifelian | Czechia (Koneprusy) | M. securis (12257) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | Venezuela | M. sp. (35901) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Alaska) | M. barrisi (111901) M. ceras (111903) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (New York) | M. haskinsi (91237 91281) M. sp. (91091 91215 91216 91217 91225 91227 91232 91233 91241 91242 91243 91267 91269 91276 91277 91278 91279) M. sp., M. haskinsi (91240 91280) | |
| Givetian | USA (Iowa) | M. parva (93843) | |
| Givetian | Morocco (Sahara) | M. sp. (79549) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Manitoba) | M. sp. (228113 228115 228119 228123 228126) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | M. barissi (89648 89651 89652 89653 89654 89657 89667 89669 89672 89673) M. barrisi (89704 89804) M. haskinsi (8979 8982 8983 8984 8987 8991 8992 9001 9002 9003 9006 9017 9018 9019 9020 9028 9029) M. sp. (8765 8768 8769 8770 8771 8772 8779 8780 8786 8787 8789 8790 8791 8792 8795 8925 10107 10110 10119 96209 96210) | |
| Givetian | USA (Michigan) | M. sp. (96295) | |
| Middle Givetian | USA (Missouri) | M. parva (93849) | |
| Frasnian | Colombia (Boyaca) | M. wheeleri (36012) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Colorado) | M. sp. (644) |