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Diplodonta (Diplodonta)

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	94616	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94616

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Ungulinidae : Diplodonta : Diplodonta (Diplodonta)

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	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Ungulinoidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Ungulinidae	Adams and Adams 1857
genus	Diplodonta	Bronn 1831
subgenus	Diplodonta (Diplodonta)	Bronn 1831

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diplodonta (Diplodonta)	subgenus	belongs to Diplodonta	stated with evidence	Bronn, 1831
Diplodonta (Diplodonta)	subgenus	belongs to Diplodonta	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Diplodonta (Diplodonta)	subgenus	belongs to Diplodonta	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Diplodonta)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Diplodonta)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. A. Todd. 2001. Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections. [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	11	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) buwaldana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) collina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) cretacea species	listed (PBDB)	6	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	10	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) homalostriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	8	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) minor ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata species	listed (PBDB)	37	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina species	listed (PBDB)	43	56.0 Ma Paleocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1831	Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Bronn
1982	Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Dockery p. 60
1982	Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Woodring p. 625
1985	Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Glibert p. 283
1988	Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Freneix et al. p. 419
2001	Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Todd

References

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

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

Glibert M. (1985) Les Bivalves et Gastéropodes du Bruxellien inférieur de la Belgique (Eocène moyen), Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique 115, 261-366

Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Bivalves Hétérodontes du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section C: Sciences de la Terre 9 4, 415-453

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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