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Menomoniidae
Taxonomy
Menomoniidae was named by Walcott (1916).
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Whittington et al. (1997); to Ptychopariina by Stitt (1998); and to Trilobita by Adrain (2011).
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Whittington et al. (1997); to Ptychopariina by Stitt (1998); and to Trilobita by Adrain (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Menomoniidae Walcott |
| 1997 | Menomoniidae Whittington et al. p. 302 |
| 1998 | Menomoniidae Stitt p. 1039 |
| 2011 | Menomoniidae Adrain p. 108 |
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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. †Menomoniidae Walcott 1916
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G. †Ampullatocephalina Lu and Qian 1983
G. †Balderia Robison 1988
G. †Biaverta Opik 1967
G. †Bolaspidella Resser 1937
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†Bolaspidella contracta Robison 1964
†Bolaspidella convexa Howell 1937
†Bolaspidella housensis Walcott 1886
†Bolaspidella jarrardi Robison and Babcock 2011
†Bolaspidella prooculis Palmer 1954
†Bolaspidella reesae Robison and Babcock 2011
†Bolaspidella resseri Miller 1936
†Bolaspidella stymacantha Robison 1988
Invalid names: Deissella Howell and Duncan 1939 [synonym], Deltophthalamus Resser 1938 [synonym], Howellaspis Lochmann and Denson 1944 [synonym], Hysteropleura Raymond 1937 [synonym]
G. †Bridgeia Lochman 1944
G. †Coenaspis Resser 1938
G. †Dresbachia Walcott 1916
G. †Knechtelia Lochman 1950
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†Knechtelia festiva Lochman and Hu 1960
Invalid names: Josina Lochmann and Hu 1960 [synonym]
G. †Menomonia Walcott 1916
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†Menomonia prooculis Lochman 1944
†Menomonia sahratiani Robison and Babcock 2011
Invalid names: Densonella Shaw 1952 [synonym]
G. †Nephalicephalus Peters 2003
G. †Tavsenia Robison 1988
G. †Verditerrina Robison 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Furongian or 500.50000 to 486.85000 Ma
Collections (102 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cambrian | Canada (Newfoundland) | Densonella sp. (196375 196376) | |
| Cambrian | USA (South Dakota) | Dresbachia sp. (231) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Alaska) | Bolaspidella wellsvillensis (64765) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Utah) | Bolaspidella housensis (77268) Bolaspidella sp. (64520 86740) | |
| St Davids | USA (Idaho/ Utah) | Howellaspis sp. (218) | |
| St Davids | Greenland | Bolaspidella sp. (10478) | |
| St Davids | USA (Utah) | Bolaspidella sp. (216) | |
| St Davids | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Bolaspidella himalayensis, Bolaspidella costatus, Bolaspidella magamensis, Bolaspidella sp. (46454) | |
| Menevian | USA (Utah) | Bolaspidella sp. (10572) | |
| Menevian | USA (South Dakota) | Hysteropleura schucherti, Menomonia prooculis (8241 8274) Menomonia prooculis (8242 8246 8247 8273 8276) | |
| Menevian | USA (Wyoming) | Josina festiva (9121) | |
| Marjumian | Canada (Newfoundland) | Bolaspidella contracta (217280) | |
| Marjumian | Canada (Quebec) | Menomonia semele (235503) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Vermont) | Hysteropleura schucherti, Hysteropleura macgerriglei, Bolaspidella convexa (222) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Wisconsin) | Dresbachia sp. (230) Menomonia sp. (268) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Utah) | Bolaspidella contracta (77271) Bolaspidella contracta, Bolaspidella jarrardi (230679) Bolaspidella housensis, Bolaspidella reesae (230682) Bolaspidella n. sp. (261) Bolaspidella sp. (260 77206 77207) Bolaspidella wellsvillensis, Bolaspidella housensis (56144) Dresbachia amata, Menomonia semele, Nephalicephalus beebei (50592) Menomonia semele, Menomonia sahratiani (230681) | |
| Marjumian | USA (New York) | Bolaspidella sp. (221) | |
| Marjumian | Greenland (Peary Land) | Balderia aspera, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49483) Balderia aspera, Tavsenia ditrema, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49435) Balderia aspera, Tavsenia ditrema, Tavsenia detrema, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49449) Balderia aspera, Verditerrina lacinia (49453) Bolaspidella stymacantha (49433) Tavsenia ditrema (49434 49450) Tavsenia ditrema, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49481) | |
| Marjumian | Canada (Alberta) | Bolaspidella resseri (192257 194582) Knechtelia festiva (192240 192241 192245) | |
| Menevian - St Davids | USA (South Dakota) | Menomonia prooculis (8200) | |
| Guzhangian | China (Liaoning) | Paramenomonia conica (129884 129894) | |
| Guzhangian | USA (Texas) | Bolaspidella burnetensis (208667 208673 208717 208718 208719 208775 208776) Bolaspidella prooculis (208993 208995) Bolaspidella sp. (208672 208715) Bolaspidella wellsvillensis (208777 208778 208857 208858 208859) Densonella sp. (208662 208685 208986) Menomonia sp. (208765 208768 208769 208771 208772 208855) | |
| Mindyallan | Australia (Northern Territory) | Biaverta sp. (236877) | |
| Dresbachian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Menomonia semele (54235) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Wyoming) | Bolaspidella sp. (226) Densonella sp. (224 225) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Tennessee) | Dresbachia amata (235508) | |
| Dresbachian | Canada (Yukon) | Bolaspidella sp., Hysteropleura schucherti (55211) Menomonia semele (55213 55215 55216 55217) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (South Dakota) | Dresbachia amata (7186 7187 7188 7190 7199 7201 7277 7403 8021 8023) | |
| Dresbachian | Canada (Nunavut) | Densonella intermedia (10775) | |
| Furongian | South Korea | Alataspis sesongensis (236871) | |
| Merioneth | USA (Wyoming) | Bolaspidella sp. (219) | |
| Merioneth | USA (Pennsylvania) | Menomonia calymenoides (77697) |