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Meristellidae
Taxonomy
Meristellidae was named by Waagen (1883).
It was assigned to Athyridacea by Boucot and Johnson (1964), Bassett and Cocks (1974), Isaacson et al. (1976) and Mitchell (1977); to Athyroidea by Jin and Chatterton (1997); to Athyridoidea by Musteikis and Modzalevskaya (2002); to Athyrididina by Popov et al. (2002); to Athyridoidea by Boucot et al. (2008); and to Meristelloidea by Williams et al. (2002) and Hints and Harper (2015).
It was assigned to Athyridacea by Boucot and Johnson (1964), Bassett and Cocks (1974), Isaacson et al. (1976) and Mitchell (1977); to Athyroidea by Jin and Chatterton (1997); to Athyridoidea by Musteikis and Modzalevskaya (2002); to Athyrididina by Popov et al. (2002); to Athyridoidea by Boucot et al. (2008); and to Meristelloidea by Williams et al. (2002) and Hints and Harper (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Meristellidae Waagen |
| 1964 | Meristellidae Boucot and Johnson p. 8 |
| 1974 | Meristellidae Bassett and Cocks |
| 1976 | Meristellidae Isaacson et al. p. 1110 |
| 1977 | Meristellidae Mitchell |
| 1997 | Meristellidae Jin and Chatterton |
| 2002 | Meristellidae Musteikis and Modzalevskaya |
| 2002 | Meristellidae Popov et al. |
| 2002 | Meristellidae Williams et al. p. 1559 |
| 2008 | Meristellidae Boucot et al. |
| 2015 | Meristellidae Hints and Harper |
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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. †Meristellidae Waagen 1883
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Subfm. †Meristellinae Waagen 1883
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G. †Arctomeristina
G. †Charionella
G. †Charionoides
G. †Hindella Davidson 1882
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†Cryptothyrella crassa incipiens Williams 1951
†Hindella angustifrons Salter 1851
†Hindella cassidea Dalman 1828
†Hindella incipiens Williams 1951
†Hindella kiaeri Sheehan 1977
†Hindella prima Popov et al. 2015
†Hindella prinstana Billings 1862
†Hindella umbonata Billings 1862
Invalid names: Cryptothyrella Cooper 1942 [synonym]
G. †Imdentistella
G. †Meristella
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Subg. †Meristella (Whitfieldia) Davidson 1881
†Meristella haskinsi Hall 1860
†Meristella robertsensis Merriam 1940
G. †Meristelloides
G. †Meristina Hall 1867
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†Meristina lara Billings 1866
†Meristina maria Hall 1863
†Meristina obtusa Dalman 1828
†Meristina podolica Nikiforova 1954
G. †Pentagonia
G. †Pseudomeristina
Subfm. †Whitfieldellinae Alvarez et al. 1998
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G. †Koigia
G. †Kozlenia
G. †Tschatkalia
G. †Whitfieldella Hall and Clarke 1893
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†Whitfieldella billingsana Meek and Worthen 1868
†Whitfieldella nitida Hall 1843
†Whitfieldella pygmaea Jin et al. 1993
†Whitfieldella sulcatina Jin et al. 1993
Invalid names: Hyattidininae Sheehan 1977 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 458.40000 to 360.70000 Ma
Collections (975 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sandbian | Kazakhstan | Nikolaispira guttula (80180) | |
| Caradoc | Kazakhstan | Nikolaispira guttula (80207 80210 80214 80215) | |
| Katian | Iran | Hindella prima (192780) | |
| Katian | Norway | Hindella cassidea (159413) | |
| Katian | USA (Alaska) | Whitfieldella sp. (223863) | |
| Katian | Kazakhstan | Nikolaispira rasilis (80173) | |
| Katian - Hirnantian | Sweden (Dalarne) | Cryptothyrella terebratulina (73413) | |
| Kralodvorian | Czech Republic (Prague) | Hindella sp. (76479) | |
| Kralodvorian | Czech Republic (Praha) | Hindella sp. (151985) | |
| Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan | Czech Republic | Hindella sp., Cryptothyrella sp. (3879) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Atrypa nasuta (34871) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Ontario) | Charionella scitula (231666) | |
| Givetian | USA (Michigan) | Meristella sp. (96295) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Manitoba) | Meristella sp. (228113 228115 228119 228123 228126) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Charionella ovata (94433) Charionella ovata, Charionella rostrata (94411) Charionella rostrata (94432) Meristella barissi (89648 89651 89652 89653 89654 89657 89667 89669 89672 89673) Meristella barrisi (89704 89804) Meristella haskinsi (8979 8982 8983 8984 8987 8991 8992 9001 9002 9003 9006 9017 9018 9019 9020 9028 9029) Meristella nasuta (76163) Meristella sp. (8765 8768 8769 8770 8771 8772 8779 8780 8786 8787 8789 8790 8791 8792 8795 8925 10107 10110 10119 96209 96210) Pentagonia bisulcata, Vitulina pustulosa (206793) | |
| Givetian | USA (Iowa) | Charionella nortoni, Meristella parva (93843) | |
| Givetian | Morocco (Sahara) | Meristella sp. (79549) | |
| Middle Givetian | USA (Missouri) | Meristella parva (93849) | |
| Frasnian | Colombia (Boyaca) | Meristella wheeleri, Pentagonia gemmisulcata, Vitulina sp. (36012) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Colorado) | Meristella sp. (644) | |