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Merista

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Merista Suess
1997Merista Jin and Chatterton
2002Merista Sepkoski
2002Merista 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
genusMeristaSuess 1851

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. †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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-03 08:56:30
Modified: 2009-06-03 10:56:30
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Niagaran to the top of the Hastarian or 438.00000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections (116 total)


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