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Phelopteria

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4592724https://www.gbif.org/species/4592724
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16917https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16917
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Phelopteria
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Phelopteria
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPteriidaeGray 1847
genusPhelopteriaStephenson 1953
Scientific NamePhelopteria Stephenson, 1953
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phelopteriagenusbelongs to Bakevelliidaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Phelopteriagenusbelongs to Pterioidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Phelopteriagenusbelongs to Bakevelliidaestated without evidenceEl Qot, 2006
Phelopteriagenusbelongs to Pteriidaestated with evidenceLazo and Damborenea, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Pteriidae)
Motilitystationary, attached, epibiont (based on Pteriidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pteriidae)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Pteriidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite,intermediate,minor ribbing, minor spines (based on Pteriidae)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Avicula caudigera
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Avicula gravida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Phelopteria caudigera
species
listed (PBDB)593.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phelopteria dalli
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
34101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phelopteria erecta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phelopteria gravida
species
listed (PBDB)17105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phelopteria huitriniana
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Phelopteria timberensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Phelopteria viana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Phelopteria Stephenson
1980Phelopteria Vokes p. 39
2002Phelopteria Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Phelopteria El Qot p. 28
2011Phelopteria Lazo and Damborenea p. 724

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
El Qot G. M. (2006) Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt, Beringeria 36, 3-163
Lazo D. G., Damborenea S. E. (2011) Barremian Bivalves From the Huitrín Formation, West-Central Argentina: Taxonomy and Paleoecology Of A Restricted Marine Association, Journal of Paleontology 85 4, 721-749
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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