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Megousia

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Taxonomy
Megousia was named by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: P Wc P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 7]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Anidanthinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Megousia Muir-Wood and Cooper
2000Megousia Williams et al. p. 532
2002Megousia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyLinoproductidae
subfamilyAnidanthinae
genusMegousiaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960

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. †Megousia Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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Megousia aagardi Toula 1875
Megousia alata Cooper 1953
Megousia auriculata Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Megousia crenulata Briggs 1998
Megousia definita Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia flexuosa Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia girtyi King 1931
Megousia kolymaensis Licharew 1934
Megousia kulikii Fredericks 1915
Megousia mucronata Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia nakamurai Tazawa 1975
Megousia papilio Gabb 1877
Megousia pobedensis Kotlyar 1978
Megousia sinuata Ustritsky 1963
Megousia solita Waterhouse 1968
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Invalid names: Kuvelousia aurifera Waterhouse 1986 [synonym]
Megousia umbonata Cooper and Grant 1975
Megousia waageniana Girty 1908
Megousia yakutica Licharew 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available