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Avicula (Oxytoma) ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)320379https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=320379
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Avicula : Avicula (Oxytoma)
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
genusAviculaBruguière 1791
subgenusAvicula (Oxytoma)Meek and Hayden 1865
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Avicula (Oxytoma)subgenusbelongs to Aviculastated without evidenceMeek and Hayden, 1865
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance260 - 252 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 252 Ma
Permian
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)T. W. Stanton. 1899. Chapter XIII Mesozoic Fossils. In A. Hague, J. P. Iddings, and W. H. Weed (eds.), in The Geology of the Yellowstone National Park. United States Geological Survey Monographs 32:600-650

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Avicula (Oxytoma) waehneri
species
listed (PBDB)2260 Ma
Permian
260 Ma
Permian
Avicula (Oxytoma) whiteavesi
species
listed (PBDB)
Avicula (Oxytoma) wyomingensis
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1865Avicula (Oxytoma) Meek and Hayden
1895Avicula (Oxytoma) Stanton p. 38

References

Stanton T. W. Chapter XIII Mesozoic Fossils, in The Geology of the Yellowstone National Park. United States Geological Survey Monographs 32, 600-650
Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133
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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