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Mesiteia

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Taxonomy
Mesiteia was named by Gorjanovic-Kramberger (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scyllidae by Woodward (1889) and Jaekel (1894); to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1963); to Orectolobidae by Cappetta (1975); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Delsate (2003); and to Hemiscylliidae by Müller and Diedrich (1991) and Carnevale et al. (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Mesiteia Gorjanovic-Kramberger
1889Mesiteia Woodward p. 344
1894Mesiteia Jaekel p. 175
1963Mesiteia Jordan p. 598
1975Mesiteia Cappetta p. 120
1991Mesiteia Müller and Diedrich p. 24
2002Mesiteia Sepkoski
2003Mesiteia Delsate p. 20 figs. pl. 7 fig. 3
2014Mesiteia Carnevale et al. p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
genusMesiteiaGorjanovic-Kramberger 1885

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. †Mesiteia Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1885
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Mesiteia daimeriesi Herman 1971
Mesiteia emiliae Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1886
Mesiteia humboldtii Reuss 1845
Mesiteia sahelalmae Pictet and Humbert 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Ypresian or 182.70000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany M. sp. (148936)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Germany M. sp. (139233)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France M. sp. (214869)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) M. humboldt (210063)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon M. emiliae (69118)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Scyllium sahelalmae (221226)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy M. emiliae (94830)