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Mesophyllum
Taxonomy
Mesophyllum was named by Lemoine (1930). It is extant. Its type is Mesophyllum austriacum.
It was assigned to Melobesieae by Johnson (1945); to Corallinaceae by Howe (1934), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Riding et al. (1991); to Hapalidiaceae by Bucek and Kohler (2017); to Melobesioideae by Lemoine (1928), Bailey and Chapman (1998), Stockar (2000), Mirsa et al. (2002), Rasser and Nebelsick (2003), Misra et al. (2006), Mirsa et al. (2006), Jauhri et al. (2006), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Kroeger (2007), Hamad (2008), Singh et al. (2009), Iryu et al. (2009), Gale (2009), Kundal (2011), Misra et al. (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Aguirre et al. (2012), Leszczynski et al. (2012), Chaurpagar et al. (2012), Kundal et al. (2013), Ghosh and Sarkar (2013), Kishore et al. (2015), Sarkar (2017), Kishore et al. (2017), Humblet et al. (2019), Roozpeykar et al. (2019); and to Mesophyllaceae by Hrabovsky et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Melobesieae by Johnson (1945); to Corallinaceae by Howe (1934), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Riding et al. (1991); to Hapalidiaceae by Bucek and Kohler (2017); to Melobesioideae by Lemoine (1928), Bailey and Chapman (1998), Stockar (2000), Mirsa et al. (2002), Rasser and Nebelsick (2003), Misra et al. (2006), Mirsa et al. (2006), Jauhri et al. (2006), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Kroeger (2007), Hamad (2008), Singh et al. (2009), Iryu et al. (2009), Gale (2009), Kundal (2011), Misra et al. (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Aguirre et al. (2012), Leszczynski et al. (2012), Chaurpagar et al. (2012), Kundal et al. (2013), Ghosh and Sarkar (2013), Kishore et al. (2015), Sarkar (2017), Kishore et al. (2017), Humblet et al. (2019), Roozpeykar et al. (2019); and to Mesophyllaceae by Hrabovsky et al. (2021).
Species
M. alterans, M. alternans, M. austriacum (type species), M. californicum, M. commune, M. contii, M. crassiusculum, M. curtum, M. desitum, M. erubescens, M. fructiferum, M. galettoi, M. ingestum, M. iraqense, M. koritzae, M. laffittei, M. lemoinae, M. lichenoides, M. marosticae, M. mengaudii, M. obsitum, M. pacificum, M. pfenderae, M. prelichenoides, M. printzianum, M. rigidum, M. roveretoi, M. sanctidionysii, M. schencki, M. vaughani
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Mesophyllum Lemoine |
| 1930 | Mesophyllum Lemoine |
| 1934 | Mesophyllum Howe |
| 1945 | Mesophyllum Johnson figs. Table 1 |
| 1976 | Mesophyllum Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Mesophyllum Riding et al. |
| 1998 | Mesophyllum Bailey and Chapman p. 694 |
| 2000 | Mesophyllum Stockar p. 413 |
| 2002 | Mesophyllum Mirsa et al. |
| 2003 | Mesophyllum Rasser and Nebelsick |
| 2006 | Mesophyllum Jauhri et al. |
| 2006 | Mesophyllum Mirsa et al. |
| 2006 | Mesophyllum Misra et al. |
| 2007 | Mesophyllum Kroeger p. 12 |
| 2007 | Mesophyllum Schneider and Wynne |
| 2008 | Mesophyllum Hamad p. 85 |
| 2009 | Mesophyllum Gale p. 93 |
| 2009 | Mesophyllum Iryu et al. figs. Table 1 |
| 2009 | Mesophyllum Singh et al. p. 21 |
| 2011 | Mesophyllum Kundal |
| 2011 | Mesophyllum Misra et al. p. 358 |
| 2011 | Mesophyllum Sarkar et al. |
| 2012 | Mesophyllum Aguirre et al. |
| 2012 | Mesophyllum Chaurpagar et al. |
| 2012 | Mesophyllum Leszczynski et al. p. 374 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Mesophyllum Ghosh and Sarkar |
| 2013 | Mesophyllum Kundal et al. |
| 2015 | Mesophyllum Kishore et al. p. 62 |
| 2017 | Mesophyllum Bucek and Kohler |
| 2017 | Mesophyllum Kishore et al. p. 206 |
| 2017 | Mesophyllum Sarkar p. 16 |
| 2019 | Mesophyllum Humblet et al. figs. Table 1 |
| 2019 | Mesophyllum Roozpeykar et al. p. 1605 |
| 2021 | Mesophyllum Hrabovsky et al. |
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G. Mesophyllum Lemoine 1930
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†Mesophyllum alterans Foslie 1907
†Mesophyllum alternans Foslie 1907
†Mesophyllum austriacum Lemoine 1930
†Mesophyllum californicum Johnson and Stewart 1953
Mesophyllum commune Lemoine 1939
†Mesophyllum contii Ishijima 1954
†Mesophyllum crassiusculum Foslie 1902
†Mesophyllum curtum Hrabovsky et al. 2016
Mesophyllum desitum Airoldi 1932
†Mesophyllum erubescens Foslie 1900
†Mesophyllum fructiferum Airoldi 1932
†Mesophyllum galettoi Mastrorilli 1967
†Mesophyllum ingestum Conti 1946
†Mesophyllum iraqense Johnson 1964
†Mesophyllum koritzae Lemoine 1924
†Mesophyllum laffittei Lemoine 1939
†Mesophyllum lemoinae Souaya 1963
†Mesophyllum lichenoides Ellis 1768
†Mesophyllum marosticae Mastrorilli 1973
Mesophyllum mengaudii Lemoine 1934
†Mesophyllum obsitum Airoldi 1932
†Mesophyllum pacificum Johnson 1957
†Mesophyllum pfenderae Lemoine 1928
†Mesophyllum prelichenoides Lemoine
†Mesophyllum printzianum Hrabovsky et al. 2016
†Mesophyllum rigidum Mastrorilli 1967
†Mesophyllum roveretoi Conti 1943
†Mesophyllum sanctidionysii Lemoine 1939
†Mesophyllum schencki Howe 1934
Mesophyllum vaughani Howe 1918
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Holocene or 387.95000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 385.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 385.9 Ma
Collections (403 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Givetian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. macrocystis, M. secundum, M. vesiculosum (81731) M. maximum, M. secundum (81736) | |
| Givetian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. secundum (81733 81734 81737) | |
| Julian | Italy | M. sp. (137427) | |
| Senonian | India | M. varians, M. daviesi (155339) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Slovakia | M. sp. (88186) | |
| Maastrichtian | France | M. sp. (145809) | |
| Danian | Austria (Salzburg) | M. sp. (87003) | |
| Danian | Austria (Niederösterreich) | M. sp., M. austriacum (87002) | |
| Danian | Spain | M. sp. (68902) | |
| Danian - Thanetian | Slovakia (Trencin) | M. sp. (215964 216055) | |
| Paleocene | Greece | M. vaughanii (143460) | |
| Paleocene | Slovakia (Presov Region) | M. tropicale (237453) | |
| Paleocene | France | Lithophyllum mengaudi (149331) Lithophyllum mengaudi, M. pfenderae (149308) M. pfenderae, M. schencki (149330) | |
| Paleocene - Ypresian | Slovakia (Zilina Region) | M. tropicale, M. varians, M. heteroclitum, M. ramosum, Lithophyllum mengaudi (237466) | |
| Paleocene - Middle Eocene | Greece | M. heteroclitum, M. varians (143457) M. vaughanii, Lithophyllum mengaudi (143456) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Slovakia (Presov) | M. sp. (216153 216155 216160) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Slovenia (Littoral) | M. sp.1 (214586) | |
| Thanetian | India (Meghalaya) | M. meghalayensis (214602) M. pfenderae (214941 214942) M. sp. (214925 214926 214938 214939) M. sp., M. pfenderae (214940) | |
| Thanetian | Slovakia | Lithophyllum mengaudi (88274) M. ramosum (88183 88272 88275) M. sp. (88273) | |
| Thanetian | Costa Rica (Guanacaste) | M. sp. (215877 215880) | |