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Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)157553https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157553
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Cubitostrea : Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata
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
orderOstreida
suborderOstreidina
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCubitostreaSacco 1897
subgenusCubitostrea (Cubitostrea)Sacco 1897
speciesCubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata(Lea 1833)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricataspeciesbelongs to Ostreastated with evidenceLea, 1833
Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricataspeciesbelongs to Cubitostreastated with evidenceStenzel, 1949
Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricataspeciesbelongs to Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea)stated with evidenceStenzel et al., 1957
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Environmenthypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Ostreidae)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Ostreidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Ostreidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Ostreidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. B. Stenzel, E. K. Krause, and J. T. Twining. 1957. Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City beds (Middle Eocene) of Texas. University of Texas Publication (5704)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1833Ostrea divaricata Lea p. 96 figs. pl. 3, fig. 69
1879Ostrea divaricata Heilprin p. 220
1949Cubitostrea divaricata Stenzel p. 45
1957Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata Stenzel et al. p. 92

References

Stenzel H. B., Krause E. K., et al (1957) Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City beds (Middle Eocene) of Texas, University of Texas Publication 5704
Heilprin A. A comparison of the Eocene Mollusca of the Southeastern United States and Western Europe in relation to the determination of identical forms, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 31 3, 217-225
Stenzel H. B. (1949) Successional speciation in paleontology: The case of the oysters of the Sellaeformis stock, Evolution 3 1, 34-50
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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