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Neomiodon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4589229	https://www.gbif.org/species/4589229
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17963	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17963

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Neomiodontidae : Neomiodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Neomiodontidae : Neomiodon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
-	Dreissenoitei	Moore 1952
superfamily	Dreissenoidea
family	Neomiodontidae	Casey 1955
genus	Neomiodon	P.Fischer 1887

Scientific Name

Neomiodon P.Fischer, 1887

Name Published In

Man. Conch.,

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Neomiodon	genus	belongs to Neomiodontidae	stated without evidence	Hayami, 1975
Neomiodon	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Neomiodon	genus	belongs to Neomiodontidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

170 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

140 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneroidei)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneroidei)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Neomiodon bukkigovensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neomiodon cuneatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Miodontopsis Dall, 1903	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Neomiodontidae : *Miodontopsis*
Miodon Sandberger, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Neomiodontidae : *Miodon*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1975	Neomiodon Hayami
2002	Neomiodon Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Neomiodon Bouchet et al.

References

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

Hayami I. (1975) A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin 10

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Man. Conch., - 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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