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Pteriomorphia
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Rank | infraclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pteriomorphia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8,380 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1,122 (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. G. Carter, C. R. Altaba L. C. Anderson, R. Araujo, A. S. Biakov, A. E. Bogan, D. C. Campbell, M. Campbell, J. H. Chen, J. C. W. Cope, G. Delvene, H. H. Dijkstra, Z. J. Fang, R. N. Gardner, V. A. Gavrilova, I. A. Goncharova, P. J. Harries, J. H. Hartman, M. Hautmann, et al. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4:1-47 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Prionodonta superorder | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Pterioida order | listed (PBDB) | 649 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pteriacea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 34 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Rutotia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Mytilomorphi unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 6,219 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Ostreomorphi unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 78,719 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1944 | Pteriomorphia Beurlen |
1965 | Pteriomorphia Newell p. 17 |
1978 | Pteriomorphia Grant-Mackie |
1980 | Pteriomorphia Vokes p. 10 |
1983 | Pteriomorphia Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 88 |
1987 | Pteriomorphia Ward and Blackwelder p. 129 |
1992 | Pteriomorphia Ward p. 53 |
1997 | Pteriomorphia Cope p. 730 |
1998 | Pteriomorphia Reid |
2001 | Pteriomorphia Todd |
2002 | Pteriomorphia Giribet and Wheeler |
2004 | Pteriomorphia Spencer et al. |
2006 | Pteriomorphia Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230 |
2007 | Pteriomorphia Lin et al. |
2008 | Pteriomorphia Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie |
2008 | Pteriomorphia Scholz et al. |
2010 | Pteriomorphia Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Pteriomorphia Carter et al. p. 6 |
2011 | Pteriomorphia Waller p. 17 |
1944 | Pteriomorphia Beurlen |
Year | Name and Author |
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1965 | Pteriomorphia Newell p. 17 |
1978 | Pteriomorphia Grant-Mackie |
1980 | Pteriomorphia Vokes p. 10 |
1983 | Pteriomorphia Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 88 |
1987 | Pteriomorphia Ward and Blackwelder p. 129 |
1992 | Pteriomorphia Ward p. 53 |
1997 | Pteriomorphia Cope p. 730 |
1998 | Pteriomorphia Reid |
1999 | Pteriomorphia Squires p. 18 |
2001 | Pteriomorphia Todd |
2002 | Pteriomorphia Giribet and Wheeler |
2004 | Pteriomorphia Spencer et al. |
2006 | Pteriomorphia Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230 |
2007 | Pteriomorphia Lin et al. |
2008 | Pteriomorphia Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie |
2008 | Pteriomorphia Scholz et al. |
2010 | Pteriomorphia Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Pteriomorphia Carter et al. p. 6 |
2011 | Pteriomorphia Waller p. 17 |
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!