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Meristinae

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Meristinae Hall and Clarke
1997Meristinae Jin and Chatterton
2002Meristinae Williams et al. p. 1570

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyMeristelloideaWaagen 1883
familyMeristidaeHall and Clarke 1895
subfamilyMeristinaeHall and Clarke 1895
subfamilyMeristinaeHall and Clarke 1895

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.

Subfm. †Meristinae Hall and Clarke 1895
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G. †Amerista
G. †Aulidospira Williams 1962
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†Aulidospira trippi Williams 1962
G. †Camarium
G. †Dicamara
G. †Merista Suess 1851
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†Merista cuneatina Jin and Chatterton 1997
†Merista fabulosa Kulkov 1974
†Merista herculea Barrande 1847
†Merista maccullochensis Carter 1967
†Merista oklahomensis Amsden 1953
†Merista rhombiformis Jin et al. 1993
†Merista tennesseensis Hall and Clarke 1894
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Invalid names: Paramerista [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Cheneyan to the top of the Moscovian or 452.50000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (140 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Aulidospira trippi (164950)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) Merista sp. (528)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Nunavut) Merista rhombiformis (77342 184876 184878 184881 184886 184887 184894 184895)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) Merista sp. (26763)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Merista rhombiformis (77262 77263 77335)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Indiana) Merista nitida (26807)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Iowa) Merista sp. (26769)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4USA (Indiana) Merista sp. (26806)
Niagaran - Sheinwoodian438.0 - 430.5Canada (Québec) Merista sp. (25157)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Indiana) Merista sp., Merista nitida (26805)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Nunavut) Merista sp. (26003 26009 26013 26014)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Merista sp. (26011)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) Merista nitida (26787) Merista sp. (26700 26771 26778 26789 26811)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation Merista rufina (24749) Merista upsilon (23772)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Arkansas) Dicamaropsis parva (26023)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Merista cuneatina (26059) Merista sp. (24919 24920 24930)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Québec) Merista sp. (25158)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (California) Merista sp. (226732)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Tennessee) Merista nitida (26788) Merista sp. (26802)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Oklahoma) Dicamaropsis parva (26024)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Spain (Palencia) Merista sp. (40345)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Merista brevirostris (188813 188814 188815 188859) Merista sp. (188855 188862 188863)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) Merista sp. (26701)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) Merista sp. (26770)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) Merista sp. (26163)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Merista pirola (14101)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Mexico (Tamaulipas) Amerista sp. (5121 5122 5123 5124 5125 5126 5127 5130)
Whitwellian430.5 - 425.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Merista cuneatina (26035 26042 26048)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6USA (Oklahoma) Merista oklahomensis (170221)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Missouri) Merista sp. (26822)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation Merista upsilon (23760 23763 23764)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Mongolia Tyrganiella sp. (41062)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Venezuela Merista sp. (25067)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Oklahoma) Merista oklahomensis (26823 170245 170246) Merista sp. (487)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) Merista oklahomensis (170222 170225 170228 170238 170241)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (Oklahoma) Merista oklahomensis (170224)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Mexico (Tamaulipas) Amerista sp. (3567)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.6 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) Merista oklahomensis (26824)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Russian Federation (Bashkir) Merista upsilon (13954)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) Merista oklahomensis (170226 170235 170243 170244 170263)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (Yukon Territory) Merista sp. (26657)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Maryland) Merista typa (219867)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Merista solita (81749 81792)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine (Ternopil's'ka) Camarium sp. (170606)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Bashkir) Merista stricta (13941 13955)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Belarus Merista passer (23671)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic Merista herculea (14119)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Merista passer (14152) Merista sp. (14151)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Russian Federation Merista sp. (24737)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3USA (West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania) Merista sp. (651 652)
Lochkovian - Emsian419.2 - 393.3Austria (Carnic Alps) Merista hecate (77909)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Merista passer (12104)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Italy Merista calypso (26245 26255)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3China (Nei Mongol) Merista sp. (25757 25791)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Morocco Merista sp. (150334)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Czech Republic (Praha) Merista repellens, Merista passer (5804)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic (Barrandia) Merista hercules, Merista sulcata (12112)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Czech Republic Merista passer (5815) Merista passer, Merista repellens (5783) Merista repellens, Merista passer (5800)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Morocco Camarium sp. (208094)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic Merista sulcata (12144)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Morocco Merista passer (207889)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Afghanistan (Ghazni) Merista sp. (75096)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Myanmar Merista sp. (64813) Merista subdidyma (25737)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Dicamara prunulum (60467)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic Merista repellens (5792 5817)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Dicamara prunulum (197084)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belgium (Namur) Dicamara scalprum (70439 70440 70441 70442)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Dicamara pertinax, Dicamara prunulum (5767)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) Merista plebeja (83915)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Dicamara sp. (82561)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland Merista rhenanensis (61840)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Australia (New South Wales) Merista sp. (75621)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Texas) Merista maccullochensis (62492 62494 62495 62497)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Camarium nuperum (62696)