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Edmondia equilateralis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5932764https://www.gbif.org/species/5932764
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)112580https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=112580
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Edmondiidae : Edmondia : Edmondia equilateralis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Edmondiidae : Edmondia : Edmondia equilateralis
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
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida
superfamilyEdmondioidea
familyEdmondiidaeKing 1850
genusEdmondiade Koninck 1841
speciesEdmondia equilateralisGirty 1910
Generic NameEdmondia
Scientific NameEdmondia equilateralis Girty, 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Edmondia equilateralisspeciesbelongs to Edmondiastated with evidenceGirty, 1910
Edmondia equilateralisspeciesbelongs to Edmondiastated without evidenceGirty, 1915
Edmondia equilateralisspeciesbelongs to Edmondiastated with evidencePojeta, 1969
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance331 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pholadomyida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pholadomyida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Edmondia equilateralis Girty p. 226
1915Edmondia equilateralis Girty p. 81 figs. pl. 8 f. 9-9a
1957Edmondia equilateralis Elias p. 745
1969Edmondia equilateralis Pojeta, Jr. pp. 18 – 19 figs. pl. 3 f. 18-19
1991Edmondia equilateralis Busanus and Hoare p. 474 fig. 5.10–5.11

References

Girty G. H. (1910) New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20 3, 189-238
Elias M. K. (1957) Late Mississippian fauna from the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part III. Pelecypoda, Journal of Paleontology 31 4, 737-784
Pojeta, Jr. J. (1969) Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma - Pelecypods, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 606 C, 15-24
Busanus J. W., Hoare R. D. (1991) Bivalves (Mollusca) from the Mauch Chunk Group (Mississippian, Chesterian) of northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania, Journal of Paleontology 65 3, 465-480
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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