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Dimegelasmidae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Dimegelasmidae

Taxonomy
Dimegelasmidae was named by Carter (1994). Its type is Dimegelasma.

It was assigned to Syringothyridoidea by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Dimegelasmidae Carter
2006Dimegelasmidae Williams et al. p. 1905

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilySyringothyridoideaFrederiks 1926
familyDimegelasmidaeCarter 1994
familyDimegelasmidaeCarter 1994

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. †Dimegelasmidae Carter 1994
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G. †Dimegelasma Cooper 1942
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†Dimegalasma eurekensis Lintz and Lohr 1958
Invalid names: Doescherella [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Chesterian or 364.70000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China Guilinospirifer obscure (162314) Guilinospirifer obscurus (162315)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Zeugopleura jeffersonensis (5811)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) Dimegelasma sp. (545)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Idaho) Dimegelasma sp. (12801)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China Guilinospirifer obscure, Guilinospirifer peregrinus, Guilinospirifer martinothyris (162313)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Illinois) Zeugopleura jeffersonensis (5795 5808 5810 5812)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Missouri) Zeugopleura jeffersonensis (5813)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California) Dimegelasma sp. (12346)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (California) Dimegelasma sp. (225979 225982)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Montana) Dimegelasma sp. (555 564)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Utah) Dimegelasma sp. (549)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) Dimegelasma sp. (2833)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (New Mexico) Dimegelasma neglectum (10182)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) Dimegelasma sp. (2779 2780 2781 2820 2826 2827 2828 2829 2830 2831)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Idaho) Dimegelasma sp. (12822)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) Dimegelasma eurekensis (62674 62729 62839)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Yukon) Dimegelasma sp. (569)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Nevada) Dimegalasma eurekensis (156534)