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Australoportlandia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4587978https://www.gbif.org/species/4587978
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16014https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16014
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Australoportlandia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Australoportlandia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusAustraloportlandiaZinsmeister 1984
Scientific NameAustraloportlandia Zinsmeister, 1984
Name Published InJournal Paleont. 58 (6):
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Australoportlandiagenusbelongs to Nuculanidaestated with evidenceZinsmeister, 1984
Australoportlandiagenusbelongs to Nuculanidaestated without evidenceStilwell and Zinsmeister, 1992
Australoportlandiagenusbelongs to Nuculoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Nuculanidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculanidae)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Nuculanidae)
Taphonomyaragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. J. Zinsmeister. 1984. Late Eocene Bivalves (Mollusca) from the La Meseta Formation, collected during the joint Argentine-American expedition to Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 58(6):1497-1527

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Australoportlandia antarctica
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
256.0 Ma
Paleocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1984Australoportlandia Zinsmeister p. 1504
1992Australoportlandia Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 50
2002Australoportlandia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Zinsmeister W. J. (1984) Late Eocene Bivalves (Mollusca) from the La Meseta Formation, collected during the joint Argentine-American expedition to Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Paleontology 58 6, 1497-1527
Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Journal Paleont. 58 (6): - 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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