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Antiquicyprina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4590844	https://www.gbif.org/species/4590844
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17347	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17347

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Arcticidae : Antiquicyprina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Arcticidae : Antiquicyprina

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	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Arcticoidea
family	Arcticidae	Newton 1891
genus	Antiquicyprina	Casey 1952

Scientific Name

Antiquicyprina Casey, 1952

Name Published In

Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 29

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Antiquicyprina	genus	belongs to Arcticidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Antiquicyprina	subgenus	belongs to Anisocardia	stated without evidence	Sha, 1995
Antiquicyprina	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

176 - 166 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

166 - 152 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneroidei)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneroidei)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

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
Anisocardia (Antiquicyprina) loweana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cyprina loweana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1952	Antiquicyprina Casey
1980	Antiquicyprina Vokes p. 156
1995	Anisocardia (Antiquicyprina) Sha p. 111
2002	Antiquicyprina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

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

Sha J. G. (1995) Palaeontology - Bivalves, Palaeontology of the Hoh Xil Region, Qinghai, 82-116

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

Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 29 - 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

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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