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Platymya ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Platymya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. W. Imlay. 1967. Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic) in the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 540:1-105 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Platymya marullensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Platymya rockymontana ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1838 | Platymya Agassiz |
References
Imlay R. W. (1967) Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic) in the Western Interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 540, 1-105 |
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!