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Megerlia

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae

Taxonomy
Megerlia was named by King (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 1,2]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Megerliinae.

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); to Kraussinidae by Bitner and Martinell (2001), Williams et al. (2006); and to Megerliinae by Bitner and Müller (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Megerlia King p. 145
1856Megerlea Davidson
1880Muehlfeldtia Bayle
1919Pantellaria Dall
2001Megerlia Bitner and Martinell p. 182
2002Megerlia Sepkoski
2002Pantellaria Sepkoski
2006Megerlia Williams et al. p. 2245
2017Megerlia Bitner and Müller p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyKraussinoideaDall 1870
familyKraussinidaeDall 1870
subfamilyMegerliinaeHiller et al. 2008
genusMegerlia

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. Megerlia King 1850
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Megerlia acrura Hiller 1986
†Megerlia dubitanda Cooper 1894
Megerlia echinata Fischer and Oehlert 1890
Megerlia eusticta Philippi 1836
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Invalid names: Terebratula lucinoides Costa 1851 [synonym]
Megerlia gigantea Deshayes 1863
Megerlia granosa Seguenza 1865
Megerlia margaritata Meznerics 1943
Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Megerlia orientalis Stevanovic 1964 [synonym], Terebratula oblita Michelotti 1847 [synonym]
Invalid names: Megerlea Davidson 1856 [synonym], Muehlfeldtia Bayle 1880 [objective synonym], Pantellaria Dall 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height37.716.009.308.201.68
shell height56.884.208.907.701.78

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:29:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:29:57
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 149.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.06 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Megerlea pectunculus, Megerlea loricata (23887)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) M. dubitanda (224893)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Romania M. sp. (233412)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine M. sp. (186786)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany M. truncata (233116 233119 233120)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France M. truncata (152695)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland M. sp. (70539)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Bulgaria M. truncata (175794)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland M. truncata (51687 159682 159683 159684 159686 159687 159689 159694 233136 233143) M. truncata, Pantellaria monstruosa (233132 233133) Pantellaria monstruosa (233134 233138)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania M. margaritata (152611) M. truncata (72246)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia M. truncata (152285 152286)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovenia M. truncata (190929)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy M. truncata (186801 199889 199890 199891 199892 199893 199894)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain M. truncata (56687)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria M. truncata (70886)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sardinia) Muhlfeldtia truncata (84304)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Syria M. truncata (190875)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain M. eusticta (71910 190906) M. truncata (190899 190904)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy M. truncata, M. eusticta (55759)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Morocco M. eusticta (152676)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Algeria M. eustica (152661) M. eusticta (152663 152664)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy M. eusticta (232910)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Algeria M. eusticta (152660)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy M. eusticta (187529 187562 187563) M. truncata (187485 187490 187491 187524) M. truncata, M. eusticta (187512 187530 187570)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece M. truncata (153679 153688)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy M. truncata (187567 187568 187734)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Apulia) M. truncata (187441) M. truncata, M. monstruosa (97591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy M. truncata (49518)