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Megalodontoidea ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)93451https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=93451
Ranksuperfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Megalodontida : Megalodontoidea
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
orderMegalodontidaStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyMegalodontoidea(Morris 1853)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Megalodontoideasuperfamilybelongs to Hippuritoidastated with evidenceNewell, 1965
Megalodontoideasuperfamilybelongs to Hippuritoidastated without evidenceYancey and Stanley, 1999
Megalodontoideasuperfamilybelongs to LucinoidaimpliedNevesskaja, 2009
Megalodontoideasuperfamilybelongs to Megalodontidastated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)87
First Recorded Appearance416 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilitystationary (based on Megalodontoidea)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Megalodontoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Megalodontoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ceratomyopsidae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
154183 Ma
Early Jurassic
151 Ma
Late Jurassic
Dicerocardiidae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
95247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Megalodontidae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
280416 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
151 Ma
Late Jurassic
Pachyrismatidae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Wallowaconchidae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
11228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Gemmelarodus ✝
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
20237 Ma
Middle Triassic
228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1853Megalodontacea Morris
1965Megalodontacea Newell p. 19
1980Megalodontacea Vokes p. 193
1999Megalodontoidea Yancey and Stanley p. 5
2009Megalodontoidea Nevesskaja
2011Megalodontoidea Carter et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25
Yancey T. E., Stanley G. D. (1999) Giant alatoform bivalves in the Upper Triassic of western North America, Palaeontology 42 1, 1-23
Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018
Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47
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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