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Aviculopectinidae

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Acanthopecten sp.

Roberts Mesa fossil locality, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Acanthopecten sp.

Roberts Mesa fossil locality, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Acanthopecten sp.

Roberts Mesa fossil locality, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4586904	https://www.gbif.org/species/4586904
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59276	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59276

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Aviculopectinidae

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	Aviculopectinoidea	Meek and Hayden 1864
family	Aviculopectinidae	Meek 1864

Scientific Name

Aviculopectinidae

Name Published In

Meek, F. B.; Hayden, F. V. (1865). Palaeontology of the Upper Missouri: A report upon collections made principally by the expeditions under command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Engrs., in 1855 and 1856. Invertebrates. Part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 14(172):ix + 1–136, pl. 1–5.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aviculopectinidae	family	belongs to Pectinacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Aviculopectinidae	family	belongs to Aviculopectinoidea	stated with evidence	Newell and Boyd, 1995
Aviculopectinidae	family	belongs to Aviculopectinoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Aviculopectinidae	family	belongs to Aviculopectinoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Aviculopectinidae	family	belongs to Aviculopectinoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Aviculopectinidae	family	belongs to Aviculopectinoidea	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

200

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (1.0%)

First Recorded Appearance

408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary (based on Pectinida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pectinida)

Ecospace Comments

The calcitic outer shell layer is deposited only in a narrow band near the shell margins

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. B. Meek. 1864. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils. Palaeontology of California 1:3-16

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aviculopectininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		61	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Chaenocardiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Echiniferipectininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Euchondriinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Hayasakapectininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		24	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Spyridopectininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Undopectininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Acanthopecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		172	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Amphijanira ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Annuliconcha ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		66	336 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Antijanira ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Asoella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	252 Ma Permian	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Aviculopecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		794	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Clavicosta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	314 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Crenipecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	339 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Deltopecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		101	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Etheripecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		283	323 Ma Carboniferous	252 Ma Permian
Fasciculiconcha ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Fletcheripecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	296 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Imoella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Limipecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		61	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Marinopecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Neopecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ornithopecten ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	254 Ma Permian	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Paradoxipecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Primahinnites genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Prisodontopsis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Qinghaipecten ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Zandaia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Aviculopecten aequilateralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten biscissus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten breviposticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten convexus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten duplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten fasciculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten formis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten princeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten rotundo-alatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten subquadrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten tomlinsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten vauvleeti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Aviculopectinidae Meek
1965	Aviculopectinidae Newell p. 17
1980	Aviculopectinidae Vokes p. 47
1995	Aviculopectinidae Newell and Boyd p. 60
2009	Aviculopectinidae Nevesskaja
2010	Aviculopectinidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Aviculopectinidae Carter et al. p. 10
2014	Aviculopectinidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

Meek F. B. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils, Palaeontology of California 1, 3-16

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

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

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

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

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

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

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

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

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