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Eumorphotis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4586878	https://www.gbif.org/species/4586878
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16647	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16647

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Etheripectinidae : Eumorphotis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Heteropectinidae : Eumorphotis

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Heteropectinoidea	Beurlen 1954
family	Heteropectinidae	Beurlen 1954
subfamily	Etheripectininae
genus	Eumorphotis	Bittner 1901

Scientific Name

Eumorphotis Bittner, 1901

Name Published In

Jahrb. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 50

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eumorphotis	subgenus	belongs to Pseudomonotis	stated with evidence	Spath, 1935
Eumorphotis	genus	belongs to Aviculopectinidae	stated without evidence	Hayami, 1975
Eumorphotis	genus	belongs to Etheripectinidae	stated with evidence	Newell and Boyd, 1995
Eumorphotis	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eumorphotis	genus	belongs to Aviculopectinidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary (based on Pectinida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pectinida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Avicula inaequicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula venetiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eumorphotis amplicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Eumorphotis bokharica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Eumorphotis buhaheensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis ericius ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis gronensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis hinnitidea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	252 Ma Permian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis huancangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis inaequicostata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		24	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis inaequicostatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	254 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Eumorphotis iwanowi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis lorigae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Eumorphotis multiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		148	254 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis nationalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Eumorphotis rugosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis shajingengi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Eumorphotis spicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Eumorphotis telleri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		27	252 Ma Permian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis tenuistriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis venetiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		48	254 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis virginensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Mysidioptera gronensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neomorphotis compta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Neomorphotis comta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		13	252 Ma Permian	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Neomorphotis gigantea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pecten inaequicostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) nodulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis beneckei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis bokharica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis hinnitidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis multiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis nodulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis telleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis tenuistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1901	Eumorphotis Bittner
1935	Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) Spath p. 74
1975	Eumorphotis Hayami
1983	Neomorphotis Yin and Yin
1995	Eumorphotis Newell and Boyd p. 37
2002	Eumorphotis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Neomorphotis Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Eumorphotis Ros-Franch et al.
2014	Neomorphotis Ros-Franch et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Spath L. F. (1935) Additions to the Eo-Triassic invertebrate fauna of east Greenland, Meddelelser om Grønland 98 2, 1-115

Hayami I. (1975) A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin 10

Newell N. D., Boyd D.W. (1995) Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227, 1-95

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Jahrb. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 50 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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