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Montacutidae
Taxonomy
Montacutidae was named by Clark (1855) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5175]. It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Lasaeidae by Parker (1982), Coan et al. (2000), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Leptonacea by Newell (1965); to Galeommatacea by Vokes (1980), Beu et al. (1990); and to Leptonoidea by Marquet (2005), Nevesskaja (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Lasaeidae by Parker (1982), Coan et al. (2000), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Leptonacea by Newell (1965); to Galeommatacea by Vokes (1980), Beu et al. (1990); and to Leptonoidea by Marquet (2005), Nevesskaja (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1855 | Montacutidae Clark |
| 1965 | Montacutidae Newell p. 19 |
| 1980 | Montacutidae Vokes p. 112 |
| 1990 | Montacutidae Beu et al. p. 397 |
| 2005 | Montacutidae Marquet |
| 2009 | Montacutidae Nevesskaja |
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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.
Fm. Montacutidae Clark 1855
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G. Altenaeum Spaink 1972
G. †Barrimysia Iredale 1929
G. Curvemysella Habe 1959
G. Decipula
G. †Devonia
G. †Fastimysia Iredale 1929
G. †Fronsella Laseron 1956
G. †Lasaeoneaera
G. †Laubriereia
G. Mancikellia
G. †Merignacia
G. †Mioerycina Kautsky 1939
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G. Montacuta Turton 1822
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Montacuta bowmani Holmes 1860
†Montacuta claiborniana Dall 1900
†Montacuta dalli Cossman 1893
†Montacuta donacina Wood 1840
Montacuta floridana Dall 1899
†Montacuta mariana Dall 1900
†Montacuta schafferi Kautsky 1940
†Montacuta sericea Tate 1887
Montacuta substriata Montague 1808
†Montacuta truncata Wood 1840
G. †Montacutona Yamamoto 1959
G. Mysella Angas 1877
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Subg. Mysella (Mysella) Angas 1877
Subg. Mysella (Rochefortia) Velain 1877
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Rochefortia aleutica Dall 1899 [Aleutian mysella]
Rochefortia dawsoni Jeffreys 1864
†Rochefortia reyana Willett 1937
†Mysella beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
†Mysella trigonoelliptica Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
G. †Pileatona Laseron 1956
G. Pythinella Dall 1899
G. Rochefortula
G. †Thecodonta Adams
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G. †Virmysella Iredale 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Collections (94 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Mysella sp. (205466) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Alabama) | Montacuta bicuspidata, Mysella minuta (92352) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | Montacuta herberti (35080 98291) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Mysella trigonoelliptica (63551) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica | Mysella trigonoelliptica (72405) | |
| Lutetian | France (Yvelines) | Laubriereia goodallina (177970) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Laubriereia goodallina (8124) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Mysella dalli, Montacuta claiborniana (90600) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Essonne) | Laubriereia goodaliopsis (9072) | |
| Aquitanian | France (Aquitaine) | Montacuta sp. (74865) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Germany | Montacuta schafferi (171410) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Mioerycina coarctata (62882) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India (Orissa) | Pristes aquitanicus (42842) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Mioerycina coarctata (62884) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | Mioerycina coarctata (111599) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Montacuta chipolana (41760 42290 42443) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | Virmysella sp. (67897) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Montacuta caecilia (61903) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Montacuta sericea (179602) | |
| Middle Miocene | Bulgaria | Mysella fontemaggi, Mysella truncata (60288) | |
| Middle Miocene | Poland | Montacuta substriata, Mioerycina coarctata (51690) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | Mioerycina coarctata (98312) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | Montacuta cercadica, Montacuta maoica, Montacuta hispaniolae (58817) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Pordenone) | Montacuta truncata (37379) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Mysella anomala (63433) Mysella anomala, Mysella tellinoides, Montacuta sericea (63439) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Mysella sp. (135816 135822) | |
| Zanclean | Belgium | Mioerycina coarctata, Tellimya ferruginosa (86801) Montacuta substriata, Mioerycina coarctata, Tellimya ferruginosa (86802) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Kellia coarctata, Montacuta truncata, Montacuta substriata, Montacuta ferruginosa, Montacuta donacina (84755) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Mysella planulata (131210) Pythinella sublaevis (131218) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Pristes oblongus (122752) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | Mioerycina coarctata (86803) Montacuta substriata, Mioerycina coarctata (86804 86805) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas) | Mysella sp. (61336) Pythinella sp. (79983) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Ecuador (Manabi) | Mysella sp. (51878) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Rochefortia sp. (237590) | |
| Gelasian | USA (North Carolina) | Mysella bladenensis (71138) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Montacuta sp. (79788) Nearomya floridana (61309) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Montacuta ferruginosa (97965 97967) Montacuta sp. (97962 97963 98041) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Antarctica | Mysella sp. (48433 48436) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greenland | Montacuta dawsoni (75099) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Montacutidae indet. (48664) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mysella beaufortensis (58897) Mysella stantoni (59318) Mysella stantoni, Mysella velaini, Mysella majorina (59316) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Rochefortia similis (122941) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Rochefortia aleutica (201624) Rochefortia sp. (237610) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mysella velaini (59313) | |
| Castlecliffian | New Zealand | Mysella larochei (178187) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Mysella planulata, Neaeromya floridana (61310) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Pristes oblonga (202493) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Montacutidae indet. (37632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Tellimya trigona (110492) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Mysella planulata (66720 66721) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Altenaeum dawsoni (98196) Tellimya ferruginosa (98201) Tellimya ferruginosa, Altenaeum dawsoni (98205) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Mysella velaini (60923 60928) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Mysella japonica, Mysella sp. 1, Mysella sp. 2 (97961) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mysella planulata (66751 66752) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Mysella planulata, Neaeromya floridana (61311) Mysella planulata, Orobitella floridana (96538) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Mysella aleutica (96566) Rochefortia reyana, Rochefortia aleutica (59063 160361 219029) Serridens oblonga (203417) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Mysella sp. (96708) | |
| Holocene | USA (Mississippi) | Mysella sp. (92524) | |
| Holocene | Thailand | Curvemysella sp. (67930) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Mysella planulata (51005) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | Mysella gibbosa (215322) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Nearomya floridana (92776) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Mysella miniuscula (71601 71602) | |
| Holocene | Jordan | Tellimya ferruginosa (97661) |