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Vertipecten

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)17086https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17086
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Vertipecten
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida
suborderPectinidina
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
-PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusVertipecten(Grant and Gale 1931)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vertipectengenusbelongs to Pectinidaestated without evidenceAddicott, 1968
Vertipectengenusbelongs to Pectinidaestated with evidenceAdegoke, 1969
Vertipectengenusbelongs to Pterioidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pectinidae)
Visionlimited (based on Pectinidae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pectinidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O.S. Adegoke. 1969. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the marine Neogene formations of the Coalinga region, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 80

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Vertipecten alexclarki
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
228.4 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Vertipecten lachenbruchi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
133.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Vertipecten nevadanus
species
listed (PBDB)123.0 Ma
Miocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene
Vertipecten popofensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
133.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Vertipecten porterensis
species
listed (PBDB)
Vertipecten yneziana
species
listed (PBDB)133.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1968Vertipecten Addicott
1969Vertipecten Adegoke p. 102
1974Vertipecten Addicott p. 180
2002Vertipecten Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Adegoke O.S. (1969) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the marine Neogene formations of the Coalinga region, California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 80
Addicott W. O. (1974) Giant pectinids of the eastern North Pacific margin in Neogene zoogeography and chronostratigraphy, Journal of Paleontology 48 1, 180-194
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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!
 
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