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Leptochondria virgalensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8559400https://www.gbif.org/species/8559400
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)201199https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=201199
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Leptochondriidae : Leptochondria : Leptochondria virgalensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Hunanopectinidae : Leptochondria : Leptochondria virgalensis
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
orderPectinida
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
-AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyHunanopectinidaeYin 1985
subfamilyAsoellinae
genusLeptochondriaBittner 1891
speciesLeptochondria virgalensisWittenburg 1908
Generic NameLeptochondria
Scientific NameLeptochondria virgalensis Wittenburg, 1908
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Leptochondria virgalensisspeciesbelongs to Leptochondriastated with evidenceWittenburg, 1908
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance254 - 252 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance242 - 235 Ma
Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilitystationary (based on Pectinida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pectinida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Sha and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1996. Late Permian to Miocene bivalve assemblages from Hohxil, Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26(4):429-455

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1908Leptochondria virgalensis Wittenburg
1979Leptochondria virgalensis Yang et al. p. 467 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-10
1995Leptochondria virgalensis Sha p. 92 figs. Pl 26, fig 8
1996Leptochondria virgalensis Sha and Grant-Mackie fig. 3N
2012Leptochondria virgalensis Wasmer and Hautmann p. 1059 figs. 7S-W
2014Leptochondria virgalensis Pan et al. p. 149 fig. 4

References

Sha J., Grant-Mackie J. A. (1996) Late Permian to Miocene bivalve assemblages from Hohxil, Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26 4, 429-455
Yang Z. Y., Yin H. F., et al (1979) Marine Triassic faunas from the Shihchienfeng Group in the northern Weihe River basin, Shaanxi province, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18, 465-474
Sha J. G. (1995) Palaeontology - Bivalves, Palaeontology of the Hoh Xil Region, Qinghai, 82-116
Wasmer M., Hautmann M. (2012) Systematic Palaeontology, in Olenekian (Early Triassic) bivalves from the Salt Range and Surghar Range, Pakistan, Palaeontology 55, 1047-1065
Pan Y. H., Hu S. X., et al (2014) Early Triassic bivalves from the Feixianguan Formation in Xingyi, Guizhou and the Ximatang Formation in Qiubei, Yunnan (southern China), Palaeoworld 23, 143-154
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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