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Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) ✝
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| Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Megatrigonia : Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Trigoniida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. R. Cox. 1952. Notes on the Trigoniidae, with outlines of a classification of the family. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 29:45-70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Apiotrigonia (Apiotrigonia) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Apiotrigonia buchi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia calderoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia chivensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia disparilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia heterosculpta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia maudensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia newcombei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia pennata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia progonos ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia robinaldina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia subovalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Apiotrigonia syrdariensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Apiotrigonia turcmenensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) condoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) sulcataria ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1952 | Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) Cox |
| 1960 | Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) Jones p. 158 |
| 1975 | Apiotrigonia Hayami |
| 1982 | Apiotrigonia Tashiro and Kozai p. 78 |
| 2002 | Apiotrigonia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2010 | Apiotrigonia 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!
