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Melagathiceratidae
Taxonomy
Melagathiceratidae was named by Tozer (1971). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Xenodiscaceae by Tozer (1994); and to Meekoceratoidea by Shigeta and Nguyen (2014).
It was assigned to Xenodiscaceae by Tozer (1994); and to Meekoceratoidea by Shigeta and Nguyen (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1971 | Melagathiceratidae Tozer |
| 1994 | Melagathiceratidae Tozer pp. 49. 52 |
| 2014 | Melagathiceratidae Shigeta and Nguyen p. 116 |
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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. †Melagathiceratidae Tozer 1971
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G. †Hebeisenites Brayard and Bucher 2008
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†Hebeisenites compressus Brayard and Bucher 2008
†Hebeisenites evolutus Brayard and Bucher 2008
†Hebeisenites varians Chao 1959
G. †Melagathiceras Tozer 1971
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†Melagathiceras crassum Tozer 1961
†Melagathiceras globosus Popov 1939
G. †Ussurijuvenites Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov 2012
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†Ussurijuvenites artyomensis Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov 2012
†Ussurijuvenites kwangsiensis Chao 1959
†Ussurijuvenites popovi Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 2.50 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 5.80 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 2.00 |
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Collections (70 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Induan | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Nannites herberti, Nannites hindostanus (211002) | |
| Dienerian - Spathian | China | Kashmirites varians (44006) | |
| Smithian | China (Gunagxi) | Kashmirites varians (44000 44014) | |
| Smithian | Russian Federation | Melagathiceras globosum (107099 176997 177009) Melagathiceras globosus (107043) Paranannites globosus (214724) Ussurijuvenites popovi, Ussurijuvenites artyomensis (95314 214562) | |
| Smithian | China (Xizang) | Hebeisenites sp. (229751) Jinyaceras hindostanum (97325 97327 97330 97360 229713 229743 229746 229747) | |
| Smithian | Russian Federation (Primorye) | Melagathiceratidae indet. (47259 47265 47266) | |
| Smithian | Vietnam | Jinyaceras bellum (155480 155543) Jinyaceras sp., Jinyaceras bellum (155485 155492) | |
| Smithian | Oman | Jinyaceras bellum (127432) | |
| Smithian | Canada (British Columbia) | Thermalites needhami (105193 105196 105198 137678 137944) | |
| Smithian | Canada (Nunavut) | Melagathiceras crassum (43802 43848 61943 61947 137941) | |
| Smithian | Indonesia (Timor) | Nannites heberti, Nannites hindostanus (205640) Nannites hindostanus (205182) | |
| Smithian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Jinyaceras hindostanum (139638 139642 139643 139645 139646 139672 139682 139683 139684) | |
| Smithian | Mongolia | Melagathiceratidae indet. (142564) | |
| Smithian | China (Guangxi) | Hebeisenites varians (97142 97144) Hebeisenites varians, Hebeisenites compressus, Jinyaceras bellum (97145) Hebeisenites varians, Hebeisenites evolutus, Hebeisenites compressus (97150) Hebeisenites varians, Hebeisenites evolutus, Hebeisenites compressus, Jinyaceras bellum (97149 97154) Hebeisenites varians, Hebeisenites evolutus, Jinyaceras bellum (97155) Hebeisenites varians, Jinyaceras bellum (97135 97136 97151 97152 97153 97194) Jinyaceras bellum (97141 97143 97183 97184) Kashmirites varians (44016) | |
| Spathian | Greece | Nannites hindostanus (112607 112608) |