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Mesotaxis

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Palmatolepidae

Taxonomy
Mesotaxis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palmatolepinae by Donoghue (2001); to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palmatolepidae by Donoghue et al. (2008).

Species
M. asymmetrica
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. dengleri, M. falsiovalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Mesotaxis Donoghue p. 89
2002Mesotaxis Sepkoski
2008Mesotaxis Donoghue et al. pp. f. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassCyclostomataRichards
RankNameAuthor
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
suborderOzarkodininaDzik 1976
familyPalmatolepidaeMüller 1956
genusMesotaxis

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. †Mesotaxis
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†Mesotaxis asymmetrica Bischoff and Ziegler 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 387.95000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain M. falsiovalis (144624 145869 145871 145872)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Guangxi) M. dengleri (13159 13163) M. falsiovalis (13158) M. falsiovalis, M. dengleri (13161)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) M. dengleri (150699)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Algeria Polygnathus asymmetricus (40454)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France M. sp. (149485)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Arnsberg) M. falsiovalis (150550)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15China (Guangxi) M. costalliformis, M. dengleri, M. falsiovalis (13141)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Canada (Ontario) M. asymmetrica (40046)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Germany M. guanwushanensis (197088)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0China (Guangxi) M. falsiovalis, M. costalliformis, M. asymmetricus (13138 13139 13140)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain (Aragon) Polygnathus asymmetricus (40448)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Morocco M. asymmetricus (145526 149252) Polygnathus asymmetricus (148865 148866 148867 149347 152963 152964 152965 152976 153031 153032 153033 153034 153035 153036 153037)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany M. guarwushanensis (228592)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Polygnathus asymmetrica (233600)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain M. asymmetricus (145884) M. dengleri, M. falsiovalis, M. sp., M. asymmetricus (197173) M. falsiovalis (144625 145873) M. falsiovalis, M. dengleri, M. asymmetrica (197176)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Polygnathus asymmetricus (40713 40714)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86China (Guangxi) Polygnathus asymmetricus (3964 4011)