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Meliceritites

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae

Taxonomy
Meliceritites was named by Römer (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eleidae by Bassler (1953), Taylor (2010), Taylor and Zagorsek (2011) and Novack-Gottshall (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Escharites Roemer
1840Meliceritites Römer
1846Vaginopora von Hagenow
1853Nodelea d'Orbigny
1924Nodelea Voigt p. 168
1953Meliceritites Bassler p. G76
2002Chisma Sepkoski
2002Meliceritites Sepkoski
2010Meliceritites Taylor p. 688
2011Meliceritites Taylor and Zagorsek
2022Meliceritites Novack-Gottshall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCyclostomataBusk 1852
suborderTubuliporinaMilne Edwards 1838
familyEleidaed'Orbigny 1852
genusMelicerititesRömer 1840

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. †Meliceritites Römer 1840
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Invalid names: Chisma [synonym], Meliceritites Sepkoski 1902 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:05:29
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Bartonian or 130.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France M. semiclausa (68927 68931 68935)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France M. semiclausa (68924 68925)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) M. gracilis (75576)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Chisma furcillata (1769 1775) M. fungiformis (1854)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France M. semiclausa (69056)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France M. irregularis (56419 58230 58531 58558 58884) M. irregularis, M. sp. (58863) M. irregularis, M. sp., M. gracilis (56535 57921) M. sp. (58860 58865 58886) M. sp., M. gracilis (56558) M. sp., M. irregularis, M. gracilis (56672)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Chisma furcillatum, M. haimeana (68938 68945 68949) M. haimeana (68951) M. irregularis (56530) M. sp., M. irregularis (58224)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.0France M. irregularis (56667) M. irregularis, M. sp., M. gracilis (58115)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) M. sp. (65727)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Pays de la Loire) Melicertites lorieri (90509)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Czech Republic M. kankensis, M. stillativa (126954)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) M. sp. (73862 73863)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Czech Republic M. kankensis, M. stillativa (58092)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. stillativa (35144)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. kankensis (35110) M. upohlavyensis, M. acutissima (99235)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France M. sp. (3736)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France M. ornata, M. tuberosa (3786)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany Escharites nodosula, M. pseudoangulosa, M. porosa (220527) M. pseudoangulosa, M. porosa (220829 220830)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany M. porosa (220831)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France M. ornata, M. royana, M. tuberosa (3787)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Melicertites steenstrupi (89866)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (39014)