Quick Links : Mindat手册 The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Mindat Newsletter [Free Download]

主页关于 Mindat Mindat手册 Mindat的历史版权 Who We Are 联系我们于 Mindat.org刊登广告

捐赠给 Mindat Corporate Sponsorship 赞助板页已赞助的板页在 Mindat刊登广告的广告商于 Mindat.org刊登广告

Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

搜索矿物的性质搜索矿物的化学 Advanced Locality Search 随意显示任何一种矿物 Random Locality 使用minID搜索邻近产地 Search Articles 搜索词汇表更多搜索选项

Mindat手册添加新照片 Rate Photos 产区编辑报告 Coordinate Completion Report 添加词汇表项目

Mining Companies 统计会员列表 Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations 矿物展及活动 The Mindat目录表设备设置 The Mineral Quiz

照片搜索 Photo Galleries Search by Color 今天最新的照片昨天最新的照片用户照片相集过去每日精选照片相集 Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Raetomyidae ✝

Photos

Photo Gallery

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4587533	https://www.gbif.org/species/4587533
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62081	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62081

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Raetomyidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Raetomyidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Myoidea
family	Raetomyidae	Newton 1919

Scientific Name

Raetomyidae

Name Published In

Newton, R. B. (1919). On Raetomya , a new genus of Pelecypoda, from the Tertiary rocks of Egypt and southern Nigeria. Malacological Society of London, Proceedings. 13(3–4):79–84, pl. 1.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Raetomyidae	family	belongs to Myacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Raetomyidae	family	belongs to Myoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Raetomyidae	family	belongs to Myoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Myoidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Myoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Amotapas ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Amotapus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	55.8 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Raetomya ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	37.2 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1919	Raetomyidae Newton
1928	Amotapidae Olsson p. 22
1965	Raetomyidae Newell p. 21
1980	Raetomyidae Vokes p. 184
2010	Raetomyidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Raetomyidae Carter et al. p. 18

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Olsson A. A. (1928) Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1, Bulletins of American Paleontology 14 52

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Newton, R. B. (1919). On Raetomya , a new genus of Pelecypoda, from the Tertiary rocks of Egypt and southern Nigeria. Malacological Society of London, Proceedings. 13(3–4):79–84, pl. 1. - via World Register of Marine Species

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - via World Register of Marine Species

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!

Quick NavTop Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Synonymy List References

Go to top of page