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Miltha
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Miltha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (22%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Lucinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | chemosymbiotic (based on Lucinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Lucinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Miltha (Matanziella) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Miltha (Miltha) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 84 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Lucina (Miltha) contorta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lucina (Miltha) hetzeli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Miltha childreni species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Miltha chipolana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 35 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Miltha claibornensis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Miltha hamptonensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
Miltha hillsboroensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Miltha inflata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Miltha merangiana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Miltha packi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Miltha pandata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Miltha parsonsi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1857 | Lucina (Miltha) Adams and Adams p. 468 |
1903 | Phacoides (Miltha) Dall |
1922 | Lucina (Miltha) Martin p. 489 |
1925 | Miltha Woodring p. 115 |
1969 | Miltha Vokes p. 95 |
1978 | Miltha Malumian et al. p. 276 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1980 | Miltha Vokes p. 103 |
1983 | Miltha Vokes p. 135 |
1987 | Miltha Squires p. 59 |
1990 | Miltha Beu et al. p. 396 |
2002 | Miltha Sepkoski, Jr. |
2010 | Miltha Bouchet et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!