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Mestognathus

Mestognathidae

Taxonomy
Mestognathus was named by Bischoff [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 867]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mestognathidae.

It was assigned to Mestognathidae by Clark et al. (1981); and to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Mestognathus Clark et al. p. W172
2002Mestognathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
familyMestognathidaeAustin and Rhodes 1981
genusMestognathusBischoff

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. †Mestognathus Bischoff
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-09-24 07:52:01
Modified: 2004-10-20 05:00:26
Source: o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 358.90000 to 318.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China (Guizhou) M. sp. (58462)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Russian Federation M. beckmanni, M. convexus (52247) M. sp., M. bipluti (52353)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Russian Federation (Komi) M. bipluti, M. beckmanni (46073)
Chadian345.3 - 345.0United Kingdom (Wales) M. beckmanni (5896 5904)
Arundian345.0 - 342.8United Kingdom (England) M. beckmani (171781 171782 171783 171784 171785)
Arnsbergian326.4 - 318.1Spain M. sp. (162365)