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Mesturidae
Taxonomy
Mesturidae was named by Nursall (1996). Its type is Mesturus.
It was assigned to Gyrodontoidei by Nursall (1996), Nursall (1999); and to Pycnodontiformes by Delsate et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Gyrodontoidei by Nursall (1996), Nursall (1999); and to Pycnodontiformes by Delsate et al. (2002).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Mesturidae Nursall |
| 1999 | Mesturidae Nursall p. 153 |
| 2002 | Mesturidae Delsate et al. p. 33 |
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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.
Fm. †Mesturidae Nursall 1996
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G. †Micropycnodon Hibbard and Graffham 1945
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†Micropycnodon gaynaisensis Nursall 1999
†Micropycnodon kansasensis Hibbard and Graffham 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 164.70000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Callovian | France | Mesturus sp. (123348) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Mesturus sp. (92145) | |
| Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Micropycnodon sp. (142093) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Germany | Paramesturus stuehmeri (212878) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (132505) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (213414) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Micropycnodon sp. (22731) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Micropycnodon kansaensis (213403) Pycnodontidae indet. (35429) | |
| Turonian - Coniacian | USA (New Mexico) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (221290) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | Micropycnodon sp. (213389) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Micropycnodon kansasensis (213387) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Utah) | Micropycnodon sp. (14389) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Israel (Southern District) | Micropycnodon sp. (92192) |