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Merophricus
Taxonomy
Merophricus was named by Cooper (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine Sepkoski's reference number: 882]. Its type is Merophricus dubari.
It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plectoconchidae by Williams et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plectoconchidae by Williams et al. (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Merophricus Cooper p. 113 |
| 2002 | Merophricus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Merophricus Williams et al. p. 2089 |
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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. †Merophricus Cooper 1983
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†Merophricus dubari Cooper 1983
†Merophricus fotterlei Bockh 1874
†Merophricus mediterraneus Canavari 1884
†Merophricus moreti Dubar 1942
†Merophricus ribeiroi Choffat 1901
†Merophricus semiarata Dubar 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 13 | 15.8 | 11.5 | 34.8 | 14.8 | 5.91 |
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Margaritatus or 196.50000 to 183.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinemurian | Morocco | M. moreti (135542) Terebratula semiarata (135539) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Italy | M. mediterranea (135355) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Gibraltar | M. mediterranea (135349 135351 135352) | |
| Oxynotum | Portugal | M. ribeiroi (159056) | |
| Pliensbachian | Greece | M. foetterlei (159165) | |
| Davoei | Hungary | M. mediterraneus (109161) M. moreti (109115) | |
| Margaritatus | Hungary | M. mediterraneus (109152) |