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Eomiodon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7235157	https://www.gbif.org/species/7235157
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17622	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17622

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Eomiodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Neomiodontidae : Eomiodon

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
-	Dreissenoitei	Moore 1952
superfamily	Dreissenoidea
family	Neomiodontidae	Casey 1955
genus	Eomiodon	Chavan 1936

Scientific Name

Eomiodon Chavan, 1936

Name Published In

Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg., 12, no. 39

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eomiodon	genus	belongs to Neomiodontidae	stated without evidence	Ronchetti, 1970
Eomiodon	genus	belongs to Neomiodontidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Eomiodon	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eomiodon	genus	belongs to Eomiodontinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 199 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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
Eomiodon maretesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eomiodon menkei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Venus menkei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Eomiodon Cox
1970	Eomiodon Ronchetti p. 65
1980	Eomiodon Vokes p. 159
2002	Eomiodon Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Eomiodon Bouchet et al.

References

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

Ronchetti C. R. (1970) New contributions to the knowledge of the Jurassic fauna of Karkar (Northeast Afghanistan), Ital. Expedit., Karakorum (K2) Hindu Kush, Scientific Reports IV, Paleontology – Zoology – Botany 2, 43-74

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

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

Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg., 12, no. 39 - 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

original publication/web search (AJR). - 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

Palaeont. India, (N. S.) 20 (5), 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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