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Metacerithium
Taxonomy
Metacerithium was named by Cossmann (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Nc T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is the type genus of Metacerithinae.
It was assigned to Metacerithinae by Cossmann (1906); to Metacerithiinae by Allison (1955); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Metacerithiidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Metacerithinae by Cossmann (1906); to Metacerithiinae by Allison (1955); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Metacerithiidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Metacerithium Cossmann p. 22 |
| 1955 | Metacerithium Allison p. 417 |
| 2002 | Metacerithium Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Metacerithium Bouchet et al. pp. 108, 248 |
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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.
G. †Metacerithium Cossmann 1906
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†Metacerithium epicretaceum Traub 1938
†Metacerithium packardi Nelson 1925
†Metacerithium paleocaenicum Traub 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Middle Paleocene or 145.00000 to 58.70000 Ma
Collections (38 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | Germany | M. strombiforme, M. sp. (95087) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | France (Drôme) | M. coquandi (177726) | |
| Barremian | Germany | M. ascheri (67176 67177) M. ornatissimum (67178) | |
| Aptian | Germany | M. pyrgos (67181) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Mexico (Baja California) | M. sp. (1890) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Germany | M. pyrgos (67180) | |
| Albian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | M. trimonile (86497) | |
| Albian | Hungary | M. vicinum, M. intermedium, M. trimonile (74891) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | M. trimoline (60071 60072) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | United Kingdom (England) | M. trimonile (1783) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | France | M. sp. (56561 58942) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian | France | M. sp. (58861) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Egypt | M. tuberculatum (98327) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | France | M. sp. (58359) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (California) | M. sp. (167601) | |
| Cenomanian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. sp. (94265) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Tanzania | M. sp. (193269) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Egypt (Western Desert) | M. abictiforme (3142) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (California) | M. n. sp. (192824) | |
| Danian | Poland | M. hauniense, M. zigzag, M. pseudotelescopium (27625) | |
| Danian | Egypt | M. abictiforme (2927) | |
| Danian | Denmark | M. sp. (176994) | |
| Danian | Greenland | M. sp. (22943) | |
| Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | M. epicretaceum, M. paleocaenicum (84335) | |
| Paleocene | USA (California) | M. packardi (11117) | |
| Middle Paleocene | USA (California) | M. n. sp. (192826 192854) | |
| Selandian | Denmark | M. hauniense (35263 35264 35265 35266) M. sp., M. hauniense (51500) | |
| Thanetian | Poland | M. paleocaenicum (27019 27020) |