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Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)158442https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=158442
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Pitar : Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis
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
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-Veneroidei
-VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae
genusPitarRömer 1857
subgenusPitar (Pitar)Römer 1857
speciesPitar (Pitar) carmenensisClark and Durham 1946
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pitar (Pitar) carmenensisspeciesbelongs to Pitar (Pitar)stated with evidenceClark and Durham, 1946
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pitar)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pitar)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Veneridae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1946Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis Clark and Durham p. 67 figs. pl. 10, figs. 2, 3
1982Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis Woodring p. 684

References

Clark B. L., Durham J. W. (1946) Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia, Geological Society of America Memoir 16, 1-126
Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F
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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