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Metacyathidae
Taxonomy
Metacyathidae was named by Bedford and Bedford (1934). It is not extant. Its type is Metaldetes.
It was assigned to Metacyathoidea by Debrenne et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Metacyathoidea by Debrenne et al. (2015).
Subtaxa
Changicyathus, Metaldetes (syn. Metafungia, Metacyathus) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Metacyathidae Bedford and Bedford |
| 2015 | Metacyathidae Debrenne et al. p. 1062 |
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Fm. †Metacyathidae Bedford and Bedford 1934
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G. †Changicyathus
G. †Metaldetes
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†Metaldetes ferulae Gravestock 1984
†Metaldetes gracilis Gravestock 1984
†Metaldetes incohatus Gravestock 1984
†Metaldetes reticulata Bedford and Bedford 1934
Invalid names: Metacyathus Bedford and Bedford 1934 [synonym], Metafungia Bedford 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Atdabanian | Australia (South Australia) | Metaldetes dissepimentalis, Metaldetes ferulae, Metaldetes incohatus (81171) Metaldetes ferulae (81172) Metaldetes incohatus (81177) Metaldetes incohatus, Metaldetes gracilis (81173) | |
| Atdabanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Metaldetes caribouensis (49021) | |
| Atdabanian - Botomian | China (Shaanxi) | Changicyathus sp. (91499) | |
| Botomian | Canada (British Columbia) | Metaldetes fisheri, Metaldetes sp. (81084) Metaldetes sp. (81085) | |
| Botomian | Antarctica | Metaldetes pratti (62871) | |
| Botomian | Mexico | Metaldetes fischeri (62864 62865 62866) | |
| Botomian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Metacyathus caribouensis (80957 80959 80960 80961) | |
| Botomian - Toyonian | Antarctica | Metaldetes lairdi (80919) | |
| Dyeran | USA (Nevada) | Metaldetes sp. (7787 63883) | |
| Dyeran | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Metaldetes profundus (9894) Metaldetes profundus, Metaldetes simpliporus (9900) |