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Pseudomonotis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592395	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592395
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16970	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16970

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pseudomonotidae : Pseudomonotis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pseudomonotidae : Pseudomonotis

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pseudomonotoidea	Newell and Boyd 1995
family	Pseudomonotidae	Newell 1938
genus	Pseudomonotis	Beyrich 1862

Scientific Name

Pseudomonotis Beyrich, 1862

Name Published In

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudomonotis	genus	belongs to Pseudomonotidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Pseudomonotis	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudomonotis	genus	belongs to Pseudomonotidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

140 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary (based on Pectinida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pectinida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. von Beyrich. 1862. Gebirgesarten und Versteinerungen von Koepang auf Timor. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 14:537-537

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis (Prospondylus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		60	299 Ma Carboniferous	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		75	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		16	299 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Avicula kazanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aviculopecten aurisculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gryphites speluncarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monotis boreas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monotis circularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monotis hawni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis aueri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudomonotis aurisculpta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pseudomonotis austriaca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudomonotis beedei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudomonotis boreas ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudomonotis carnarvonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis caucasica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pseudomonotis circularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pseudomonotis curta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis dubiosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis equistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	307 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis excentrostriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pseudomonotis fredoniensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis gigantea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis hawni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		16	303 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis immanis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis indica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis kazanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis kumpani ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Pseudomonotis leiyangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	265 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis leptopleura ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudomonotis likharevi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis loczyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis louisianensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis matthewi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis millhorni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	306 Ma Carboniferous	306 Ma Carboniferous
Pseudomonotis mongoliensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis nigricans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pseudomonotis ochotica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pseudomonotis orbiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis permianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis praecursor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudomonotis qinglongensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis robusta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudomonotis sayrei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudomonotis sparsicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis spinosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudomonotis subangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis sublaevis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis tendagurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomonotis tibeticus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis toulai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pseudomonotis wandageensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1862	Pseudomonotis von Beyrich
1980	Pseudomonotis Vokes p. 48
1995	Pseudomonotis Newell and Boyd p. 65
2002	Pseudomonotis Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Pseudomonotis Bouchet et al.

References

von Beyrich H. E. Gebirgesarten und Versteinerungen von Koepang auf Timor, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 14, 537-537

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., Boyd D.W. (1995) Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227, 1-95

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

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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