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Caleschara
Taxonomy
Caleschara was named by MacGillivray (1880). It is extant. It is the type genus of Calescharidae.
It was assigned to Microporidae by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1956); to Hincksinidae by Brown (1958); and to Calescharidae by Gordon and Taylor (1999), Gordon (2012).
It was assigned to Microporidae by Bassler (1953); to Membraniporidae by Brown (1956); to Hincksinidae by Brown (1958); and to Calescharidae by Gordon and Taylor (1999), Gordon (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Caleschara MacGillivray |
| 1953 | Caleschara Bassler p. G170 |
| 1956 | Caleschara Brown |
| 1958 | Caleschara Brown |
| 1999 | Caleschara Gordon and Taylor |
| 2012 | Caleschara Gordon p. 5 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanetian - Ypresian | New Zealand (Chatham Island) | C. sp. (7221) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | C. denticulata (173515 173521) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Australia (Victoria) | C. denticulata (173517 173519 173520 173522 173523) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | C. denticulata (174192 174194 174196) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | C. denticulata (174189) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | C. denticulata (172911) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Sonora) | C. mexicana (96557) |