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Anodontophora ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3247442	https://www.gbif.org/species/3247442
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	82366	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82366

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonodidae : Anodontophora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonodidae : Anodontophora

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

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
-	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
-	Unioni	Gray 1854
-	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Trigoniida
superfamily	Trigonodoidea	Modell 1942
family	Trigonodidae	Modell 1942
genus	Anodontophora	Cossmann 1897

Scientific Name

Anodontophora Cossmann, 1897

Name Published In

Rev. Crit. Paléo-zool., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anodontophora	genus	belongs to Trigonodidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

156 - 151 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Trigoniida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anodontophora (Myacites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		17	252 Ma Permian	156 Ma Jurassic
Anodontophora angulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Anodontophora conjugens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Anodontophora edmondiiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Anodontophora elongata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Anodontophora omolonica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Anodontophora purdoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Anodontophora sublettica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Anodontophora subovalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Anodontophora telleri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Anoplophora isocardioides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Anoplophora pappi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Anoplophora recta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Anoplophora shastensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Anoplophora torreana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cardinia conjugens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Anoplophora Alberti
1897	Anodontophora Cossmann
1980	Anodontophora Vokes

References

Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Rev. Crit. Paléo-zool., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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