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Neithea sp.

Cooke County, Texas, USA

Neithea sp.

Cooke County, Texas, USA

Neithea sp.

Cooke County, Texas, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16842	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16842

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Neithea

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Pectinidina
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
-	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Neithea	Drouet 1825

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Neithea	genus	belongs to Pectinidae	stated with evidence	Stoyanow, 1949
Neithea	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Neithea	genus	belongs to Neitheidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pectinidae)

Vision

limited (based on Pectinidae)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pectinidae)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinidae)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Neithea (Neithea) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	156	145 Ma Late Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	9	145 Ma Late Jurassic	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea (Neitheops) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	40	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea biangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea coquandi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	26	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea ficalhoi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea morrisi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	10	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea moutai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neithea quinquecostata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	77	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea regularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	27	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea salinasensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neithea sergipensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea shawi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neithea vicinalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea welwitschi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Neithea Drouet
1949	Neithea Stoyanow pp. 90, 91
2002	Neithea Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Neithea Bouchet et al.
1825	Neithea Drouet
1930	Neithea (Neitheops) Stewart
1949	Neithea Stoyanow pp. 90, 91
2002	Neithea Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Neithea Bouchet et al.

References

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

Stoyanow A. (1949) Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in southeastern Arizona, Geological Society of America Memoir 38, 1-156

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

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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