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Megathyridoidea

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Taxonomy
Megathyridoidea was named by Dall (1870). It is extant. Its type is Megathiris.

It was assigned to Terebratellidina by Williams et al. (2006), Emig et al. (2013) and Bitner and Müller (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Megathyridoidea Dall
2006Megathyridoidea Williams et al. p. 2217
2013Megathyridoidea Emig et al. p. 77
2017Megathyridoidea Bitner and Müller p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
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phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870

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.

Superfm. Megathyridoidea Dall 1870
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Fm. Megathyrididae Dall 1870
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G. Argyrotheca Dall 1900
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†Argyrotheca aequicostata Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca ageriana Taddei Ruggiero 1993
†Argyrotheca alavensis Pajaud 1972
†Argyrotheca altavillensis de Morgan 1883
†Argyrotheca andina Feruglio 1936
†Argyrotheca anomala Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca arguta Grant 1983
Argyrotheca australis Blochmann 1910
†Argyrotheca barrettiana Davidson 1866
†Argyrotheca batalleri Abrard 1927
†Argyrotheca beecheri Clark 1895
†Argyrotheca bermudezi Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai 2011
†Argyrotheca bronnii Roemer 1841
Argyrotheca cistellula Searles-Wood 1841
†Argyrotheca clevei Davidson 1874
†Argyrotheca collardi Baudon 1855
†Argyrotheca coniuncta Steinich 1965
†Argyrotheca costulata Seguenza 1866
Argyrotheca crassa Cooper 1977
†Argyrotheca dalli Aldrich 1911
Argyrotheca hewatti Cooper 1977
†Argyrotheca hirundo Hagenow 1842
†Argyrotheca inconstans Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca intercalata Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca kupei Hiller 2008
†Argyrotheca lacunosa Stenich 1965
†Argyrotheca laevis Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca londinensis Elliott 1954
Argyrotheca lowei Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
†Argyrotheca lunula von Koenen 1894
†Argyrotheca macneili Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca magnicostata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca mayi Blochmann 1914
†Argyrotheca megalocephala Sandberger 1862
†Argyrotheca megapora Zelinskaya 1975
†Argyrotheca michelottina Davidson 1870
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Invalid names: Argyrotheca vidali Mallada 1878 [synonym]
†Argyrotheca microscopica von Schlotheim 1813
†Argyrotheca peculiaris Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca piperipyxis Elliott 1954
†Argyrotheca plana Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca plicata de Morgan 1915
†Argyrotheca popielae Simon 1992
†Argyrotheca quadrata Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca ramshehensis Bitner et al. 2023
†Argyrotheca retrorsa Crickmay 1933
†Argyrotheca sabandensis Pajaud 1972
†Argyrotheca sabaratensis Pajaud 1970
Argyrotheca schrammi Crosse and Fischer 1866
†Argyrotheca semicostata Baudon 1855
†Argyrotheca semicostata Cooper 1988
†Argyrotheca serrata Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca squamata Eichwald 1830
†Argyrotheca stevensis Nielsen 1928
Argyrotheca subcordata Boettger 1901
†Argyrotheca sublamellosa Cooper 1979
†Argyrotheca tokodensis Bitner and Dulai 2008
†Argyrotheca zenobiae Elliott 1960
Invalid names: Cistellarcula Elliott 1954 [synonym]
G. †Borellithyris Dulai 2019
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†Borellithyris gaetanii Dulai 2019
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†Bronnothyris danaperensis Bitner and Müller 2017
†Bronnothyris rugosa Schreiber 1871
†Bronnothyris subradiata Sandberger 1862
G. Joania Alvarez et al. 2008
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Joania cordata Risso 1826
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Invalid names: Argyrotheca subcuneata Boettger 1901 [synonym], Cistella laevigata deMorgan 1915 [synonym], Cistella marie deMorgan 1915 [synonym], Cistella zboroviensis Friedberg 1921 [synonym]
†Joania crenata Sandberger 1862
†Joania dertomutinensis Sacco 1902
†Joania falunica de Morgan 1915
†Joania peyrerensis Bitner et al. 2013
†Joania ukrainica Bitner and Müller 2017
G. Megathiris d'Orbigny 1847
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†Megathiris bidiscoidea Simon 1992
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Invalid names: Argiope multicostata Bosquet 1864 [synonym], Megathiris decollata Chemnitz 1785 [replaced]
Megathyris barroisi Shulgin 1884
Megathyris capensis Jackson 1952
Invalid names: Argiope Eudes-Deslongchamps 1842 [replaced]
G. †Phragmothyris Cooper 1955
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†Phragmothyris costellata Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris cubensis Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris palmeri Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris rotunda Cooper 1955
†Phragmothyris subplana Cooper 1955
Fm. †Praeargyrothecidae MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
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G. †Evargyrotheca MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
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†Evargyrotheca alta Smirnova 1972
G. †Krimargyrotheca MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
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†Krimargyrotheca balkii MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
†Krimargyrotheca concinna Smirnova 1972
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†Praeargyrotheca hexaplicata Smirnova 1972
†Praeargyrotheca megatrema Sowerby 1836
†Praeargyrotheca quadricostata Nekvasilova 1985
Invalid names: Smirnovaena [synonym]
Fm. Thaumatosiidae Cooper 1973
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G. Thaumatosia Cooper 1973
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Thaumatosia anomala Cooper 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 152.10000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (298 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Argyrotheca retrorsa (164639)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine Argyrotheca hexaplicata, Argyrotheca alta, Argyrotheca concinna, Krimargyrotheca balkii (65941) Praeargyrotheca hexaplicata, Evargyrotheca alta, Krimargyrotheca concinna (183270)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Argyrotheca megatrema (153918)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Cuba Argyrotheca sp. (166606)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Argyrotheca sp. (74485)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Poland Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca bronni (170111)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Argyrotheca coniuncta (170095)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Argyrotheca bronnii (3900 3903 3904)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca hirundo (157700)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca obourgensis (157761)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Germany Bronnothyris bronnii (47040)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Belgium Argyrotheca popielae (170112)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Netherlands Argyrotheca faujasi (165177)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Denmark Argyrotheca bronnii (2965 2966) Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca stevensis (2975) Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca stevensis (2971) Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca stevensis (2967) Argyrotheca danica, Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca stevensis (2968 2969)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0United Kingdom Argyrotheca bronii (157714) Argyrotheca bronii, Argyrotheca coniuncta (157701) Argyrotheca bronnii (157718 157719 157724 157728 157731 157758) Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca coniuncta (157716 157717 157725) Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca hirundo (157736) Argyrotheca coniuncta (157722 157726 157727 157734)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Argyrotheca coniuncta (170061 170115) Argyrotheca lacunosa (170073) Argyrotheca lacunosa, Argyrotheca popielae (170059) Argyrotheca popielae (170051 170052 170053 170054 170055 170057 170058 170060 170062 170063 170065 170067 170068 170069 170071 170075) Megathiris bidiscoidea, Argyrotheca popielae (170050 170056 170064 170066 170082 170083 170084)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca bronni (170110) Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca bronni (170109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Argyrotheca megatremoides (138910)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Argyrotheca coniuncta, Megathiris bidiscoidea, Argyrotheca microscopica (170077) Argyrotheca microscopica (170113) Argyrotheca popielae (170085) Argyrotheca stevensis (170114)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Argyrotheca sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Argiope scabricula, Argiope faxensis, Argiope posselti (89866) Argyrotheca bronnii (2983) Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca stevensis (2978) Argyrotheca sp. (3011 3013) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca stevensis (2996 2997 2998) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca stevensis (2989 2992 2994 2995) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca stevensis (2999 3004 3005) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca stevensis (3007 3010)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Argyrotheca powersi (91807)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Argiope sp. (3111)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Argyrotheca macneili (153343)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Argyrotheca beecheri (153348) Cistella beecheri (3113)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain Argyrotheca alavensis (233510) Cistellarcula sabandensis, Argyrotheca alavensis (171726) Megathiris sp., Argyrotheca alavensis (171727)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Argyrotheca vidali (152896 152897)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Austria Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca sabandensis (133103)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Argyrotheca sabaratensis (233483 233484 233486 233487 233488 233489 233490 233491 233492 233493 233494 233495 233496) Cistellarcula wrigleyi (171369)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (Essex) Argyrotheca londinensis (190867)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba (Camaguey) Argyrotheca aequicostata (134811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba Argyrotheca cyrtiniformis (166600) Argyrotheca intercalata (166601) Argyrotheca magnicostata (166602) Argyrotheca sp., Phragmothyris costellata, Phragmothyris subplana (166605) Argyrotheca sp., Phragmothyris cubensis, Phragmothyris palmeri, Phragmothyris subplana (166607) Argyrotheca sp., Phragmothyris rotunda (166611) Phragmothyris costellata (170021) Phragmothyris rotunda (170022)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba (Villa Clara) Argyrotheca sp. (134810)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand Argyrotheca sp. (52447 52449)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Hungary Argyrotheca michelottina (161771) Argyrotheca tokodensis (161769)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (West Sussex) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca altavillensis, Argyrotheca semicostata (190872)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0North Atlantic (Saint Barthélemy) Argyrotheca clevei (166599)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Hungary Argyrotheca michelottina (161762) Argyrotheca tokodensis (161772 161773)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Argyrotheca quadrata (5474) Argyrotheca sp. (5354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Argyrotheca michelottina (141924 233415)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (Hampshire) Argyrotheca piperipyxis (190870)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Argyrotheca berryi, Argyrotheca chira (52536)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Argyrotheca quadrata (5383) Argyrotheca sp. (5366 5367)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga Argyrotheca anomala (43006)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca neapolitana (10703) Megathyris decollata (10963)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca lunula, Argyrotheca megapora, Bronnothyris danaperensis, Joania ukrainica (186786)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Austria Argyrotheca batalleri (233271 233272 233274 233279 233282 233290) Megathiris detruncata (233275 233277 233287)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Hungary Megathiris detruncata (161770)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Argyrotheca laevis (32908)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran Joania peyrerensis, Argyrotheca ramshehensis, Argyrotheca collardi (232984)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca megalocephala (233118) Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Bronnothyris rugosa, Joania crenata (233115) Argyrotheca sp. (95898) Bronnothyris subradiata (152626) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca lunula, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Bronnothyris rugosa, Joania crenata (233116 233120) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Bronnothyris rugosa, Joania crenata (233119)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba Argyrotheca anomala (166233) Argyrotheca sp., Phragmothyris subplana (166608)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Cistellarcula dubia (166609)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico Argyrotheca sp. (92229 92230)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca bitnerae (88795)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany Argyrotheca bitnerae (233320) Bronnothyris sp., Argyrotheca bitnerae (233338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Joania peyrerensis (152695) Megathiris detruncata (152688)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Landes) Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca bitnerae (152689) Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Joania peyrerensis (152694)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Iran Joania cordata (232985) Joania cordata, Argyrotheca bitnerae (232986)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba Argyrotheca peculiaris (166603) Argyrotheca serrata (164860) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca bermudezi, Argyrotheca plana (164933) Argyrotheca sublamellosa (166604)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Argyrotheca kupei (152322 152324 152325 152326)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Syria Argyrotheca zenobiae (190874)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Megathiris detruncata (190204) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca subradiata (188985 190205)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia Argyrotheca sp. (186821)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97New Zealand Argyrotheca kupei (152327)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata (153681)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Argyrotheca sp., Megathyris sp. (70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Cyprus Argiope detruncata (71882)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Bulgaria Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cordata (70048 70049) Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata (175794)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovenia Argyrotheca subcordata (190929)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Argyrotheca bitnerae (233130 233131) Argyrotheca cuneata (159694) Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cordata (61376 159685 159690 159691 159692 159693) Argyrotheca sp., Megathyris sp. (37370 37371) Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca squamata, Argyrotheca cistellula (194955) Joania cordata, Argyrotheca bitnerae (233126 233127 233129) Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca bitnerae (233128) Megathiris detruncata (194953 233132) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cordata (159688) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cordata (159682 159683 159684 159686 159687 159689) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca cistellula (233144) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca costulata (233143) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca costulata, Argyrotheca cistellula (51687 233133 233136 233138) Megathiris detruncta, Argyrotheca subcordata (147574)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Argyrotheca cordata, Megathyris detruncata (72246)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Megathiris detruncata (152564)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic Argyrotheca cuneata (233292) Argyrotheca sp., Argyrotheca cuneata (233293) Joania cordata, Argyrotheca cuneata (152285) Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata (233295) Joania sp., Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata (233294) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata (152286)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cordata (152569 155784) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cordata (155785)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Argyrotheca sp., Joania cordata, Joania falunica, Borellithyris gaetanii (199893) Borellithyris gaetanii (199892) Joania cordata, Borellithyris gaetanii (199889 199894) Joania cordata, Joania falunica (199891) Joania falunica, Borellithyris gaetanii (199890) Megathiris detruncata, Joania falunica (186801)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Argyrotheca cuneata (168730)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Argyrotheca sp., Megathyris sp. (140979) Megathyris sp. (141544)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Argyrotheca neapolitana (69864 70785 70864 70879) Argyrotheca sp. (70886)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Argyrotheca sp. (70928) Argyrotheca sp., Megathyris sp. (34723)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Argyrotheca johnsoni (80136 93640 93691 93715 93792 93795 93997 94090 181402 181403 181405 190959 190960 191010)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Megathiris detruncata (190902 190904 190906) Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cordata (190899)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cuba Argyrotheca inconstans (166252)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Algeria Megathiris detruncata (152660)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cordata (153679)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Megathiris detruncata (187570)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Argyrotheca plicata (187616)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Jamaica Argyrotheca barrettiana (82756 82757 82759 82761)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Megathiris detruncata (187566 187734)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Apulia) Argyrotheca ageriana, Megathiris detruncata, Argyrotheca cordata (97591) Megathiris detruncata (187441)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Argyrotheca barrettiana (82815 82817 82818)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Argyrotheca sp. (176818)